Child Mental Health

Question 1

What does infant mental health allow children to do from birth to 3?

Answer 1

Experience, express and regulate emotions, Form close interpersonal relationships and explore the environment and learn all within the context of cultural expectations

Question 2

What is infant mental health synonymous with?

Answer 2

Healthy social and emotional development

Question 3

What is emotional competence/regulation?

Answer 3

The processes whereby an individual’s emotional arousal is maintained within their capacity to cope.

Question 4

What are extrinsic processes?

Answer 4

E.g parental holding - infant initially highly dependent on caregivers to regulate their emotions

Question 5

What are intrinsic processes?

Answer 5

Developments in brain and nervous system and in thinking and language

Question 6

Out of ten percent of children aged 5-15 who had a mental disorder, how was it broke up?

Answer 6

1. 5% has clinically significant conduct disorders
2. 4% has anxiety and depression
3. 1% hyperactive
4. 0.5% - autism, tics and eating disorders