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WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Parenting and Child Care

Hiram E Fitzgerald editor Joy D Osofsky editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Keynote: This 4-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of children's psychological development during the critical early years of life. Infancy--which is defined as the period from birth to 18 months of age--is the single most critical stage in cognitive and socioemotional development. The comprehensive WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health offers the first thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the biopsychosocial factors that impact normal and abnormal infant mental development. Assembled under the auspices of the leading international organization in infant development--the World Association of Infant Mental Health--this ground-breaking four-volume reference offers a state-of-the-art overview of the field by the world's leading researchers, clinicians, and scholars.

"...an impressive collection of information...""...will serve as amajor resource for clinicians, researchers, scholars and studentsof human development in the years to come." (Int Jnl of AdolescentMedicine & Health, 13th January 2000)

ISBN: 9780471189466

Dimensions: 264mm x 188mm x 35mm

Weight: 998g

448 pages

Volume 3