Infant Mental Health is a field dedicated to understanding and treating children 0-3 years of age within the context of family, caregiving and community relationships. The field is broad and interdisciplinary, embracing professionals from many disciplines, e.g. Social Work, Child Welfare, Education, Speech and Language, Occupational or Physical Therapy, Child and Family Development, Psychology, Nursing, Pediatrics, Psychiatry.

Of additional interest, Infant Mental Health professionals may be trained at the bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and/or post-doctoral levels and include academic or community in-service programs of specialized study. Each professional develops knowledge and skills that are specific to the discipline in which they are prepared, e.g. developmental assessment protocols, techniques for clinical interviews, referral and collaboration, treatment planning.

Infant Mental Health professionals develop a knowledge base and competencies that are quite specific to the optimal development of infants and toddlers within the context of nurturing relationships, e.g. knowledge of attachment relationship and early development, infant and family observation for the purpose of early assessment and care, strategies for intervention. It is the overlay of specialized studies, opportunities for skill building and supervised service experiences with children 0-3 and their families that contributes to the development of an Infant Mental Health professional.

• Prevención Interacciones tempranas-prematuros-trastornos de desarrollo
  Facultad Ciencias Sociales
  Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora
  Contact: Dra Lic. Alicia González Rugna
  Larroque 264 Banfield Cod 1828
  Prorrucia de Buenos. Aires.
  ARGENTINA

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
  Rosario University
  Contact: Berta B. Benítez de Nale
  Córdoba 1452-5 A
  2000 Rosario
  ARGENTINA
  
  
• Programa Epidemiología Psicológica Economitavia
  Contact: Haydee Echeverría
  Servana 2363 7
  Buenos Aires 1425
  ARGENTINA
  
  
• Center for Infancy Research and Assistance in Developmental Issues
  Contact: Miguel Hoffmann, MD
  Mansilla 3766
  Buenos Aires 1425
  ARGENTINA
  
  
• Baby-Kurs
  Univ. KinderKlinik
  Contact: Marguerite Dunitz, MD
  Univ. KinderKlinik
  A-8036 Graz
  AUSTRIA
  
  
• Infant Psychiatry Program
  University of British Columbia
  Contact: Prahbha N. Reebye MD
  1453 Laurier Ave.
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  V6H 1Z2 CANADA
  
  
• Clinical Psychology Program
  University of Regina
  Contact: Joan M. Roy
  Department of Psychology
  University of Regina
  Regina Sask. S4S OA2
  CANADA
  
  
• Therapeutic Approaches to Parents and Infants
  Tavistock Clinic, London
  Contact: Paul Barrows, M. Phil.
  Knowle Clinic, Broadfield Road
  Knowle, Bristol R54 2TT
  ENGLAND
  
  
• Cross Cultural Studies on Infancy
  Universite Rene Descartes Paris V
  Contact: Prof. Helene E. Stork
  35 rue Gazarn
  Paris 75016
  FRANCE
  
  
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  University of Hamburg
  Contact: Rainer Richter, MD
  Astl. Kinder-und Jugend Psychiatrie
  Universitats-Kraukenhaux,
  D 20246 Hamburg
  GERMANY
  
  
• Children of Drug-Addicted Mothers
  University of Padova
  Contact: Grazia Fava Vizziello
  Department of Developmental Psychology
  V Beato, Pellegrino 26
  Padova 35100
  ITALY
  
  
• Crisis Intervention of Mother-Infant Relationships
  Tokai University, School of Health Science
  Contact: Rynji Kobayashi
  Bchesidai, Isehara, Kanagawa
  259-11
  JAPAN
  
  
• Training Program for Para-Child-Psychiatric Personnel
  Yonsei University
  Contact: Helen Lee, MD
  16-1 Daeshimdong, Seodaernumgu
  Seoul 120-160
  KOREA
  
  
• Infant Mental Preventions and Cognitive Development
  Contact: Eliana Bensusan
  Rbla. Gandhi 393/301
  11300 Montevideo
  URUGUAY
  
  
• Mother-Infant Interation-Psychosomatic Disorders
  Facultad de Medicina
  Contact: Marina Altmann de Lituan
  J. M. Montero 3096
  Montevideo
  URUGUAY
  
  
• University of California, Davis
  Contact person: Thomas F. Anders, M.D. (916)734-3914
  Dept. of Psychiatry-UCDMC
  4430 V Street
  Sacramento, CA 95817
  
  
• University of California, Irvine
  Contact person: Justin D. Call, M.D. (714)456-6023
  Director, Child Fellowship Program
  UC Irvine Medical Center
  101 City Drive South, Rt.88, Bldg. 33
  Orange, CA 92668
  
  
• University of California, Los Angeles
  Contact person:Mary O’Connor, Ph.D.
  Daniel Siegel, M.D. (310)825-0511
  UCLA - NPI
  760 Westwood Plaza
  Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759
  
  
• Infant-Parent Program
  University of California, San Francisco
  Contact: Jeree Pawl, Ph.D.
  UCSF-SF 6H
  2550 23rd Street (9-130)
  San Francisco, CA 94110
  USA
  
  
• Infancy Clinic
  Department of Psychiatry
  Contact: Robert Harmon, MD
  University of Colorado Medical Center
  4200 East 9th Avenue
  Denver, CO 80262
  USA
  
  
• Infant Psychiatry
  George Washington University
  Contact: Irene Chatoor, MD
  Children’s National. Medical Center.
  11 Michigan Avenue, N. W.
  Washington, DC 20010
  USA
  
  
• University of Florida Medical Center
  Contact person:
  John P. Kemph, M.D (904)392-3641
  University of Florida Medical CenterBox 100234, JHMHC
  Gainesville, FL 32610
  
  
• University of Illinois at Chicago/ Institute for Juvenile Research
  Contact person: Geri Fox, M.D., or Teresa Jacobsen, Ph.D. (312)413-1730
  907 S. Wolcott
  Chicago, IL 60612
  
  
• Parent-infant Development Service (PIDS)
  University of Chicago
  Contact: Lauren Nakschlag, Ph.D.
  Department of Psychiatry
  5841 S. Maryland
  Chicago, IL 60637
  USA
  
  
• The Infant Parent Institute
  Contact: Michael Trout
  328 North Neil Street
  Champaign, IL 61820
  USA
  
  
• Indiana University Medical Center
  Contact person: Gina Laite, M.D. (317)274-8162
  Training Director, Child/Adolescent Fellowship
  Riley Hospital for Children
  702 Barnhill Dr.
  Indianapolis, IN 46202
  
  
• Residency Program
  Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  Martin J. Drell, MD
  Louisiana State University Medical Center
  1542 Tulane Avenue
  New Orleans, LA 70112
  USA
  
  
• The Blake Newborn Family Unit
  Harvard Medical School
  Contact: Peter A. Gorski, MD, MPA
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  Boston, MA 02114
  USA
  
  
• Child Development Unit
  Harvard Medical Center
  Contact: Edward Z. Tronick, Ph.D.
  Children’s Hospital
  300 Longwood Ave.
  Boston, MA 02115
  USA
  
  
• Post MA Certificate Program
  University of Michigan
  Contact: Susan C. McDonough, Ph.D., MSW
  School of Social Work
  4087 Frieze Building
  Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
  
  
• Graduate Certificate Program in Infant Mental Health
  Merrill-Palmer Institute at Wayne State University
  Contact: Deborah J. Weatherston, Ph.D. (313) 872-1700
  71 E. Ferry
  Detroit, Michigan 48202
  
  
• Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Infant Studies
  Michigan State University
  Contact: Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
  27 Kellogg Center
  Institute for Children, Youth and Families
  East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
  
  
• University of Maryland
  Contact person: Richard Sarles, M.D. (410)328-3523
  Director, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  645 West Redwood Street 1PHP
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  
  
• Washington University School of Medicine
  Contact person: Joan L. Luby, M.D. (314)454-2303
  4940 Children’s Place
  St. Louis, MO 63110
  
  
• Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center
  Contact person: Jean M. Thomas, MD (314)577-5679
  Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  1221 S. Grand Blvd.
  St. Louis, MO 63104
  
  
• Drug Exposed Infant Project
  Leake and Watts Services, Inc.
  Contact: Pickens Moore, MSW
  487 South Broadway, Ste 201
  Yonkers, NY 10705
  
  
• Cornell University Medical Center/The New York Hospital
  Contact person: Paulina F. Kernberg, M.D. (914)997-5951
  The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
  21 Bloomingdale Road
  White Plains, NY 10605
  
  
• Quality Infant/Toddler Caregiving
  Syracuse University
  Contact: Alice Sterling Honig, Ph.D.
  206 Slocum Hall
  Syracuse University
  Syracuse, New York 13244
  
  
• Infant and Parent Development Program
  Bank Street College
  Contact: Nancy Balaban, Ed.D.
  50 Circle Drive
  Hastings on Hudson, New York 10706 USA
  
  
• Brown University
  Contact person: Charles Malone, M.D.
  Training director (401)434-3400
  1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway
  East Providence, RI 02915
  
  
• University of South Carolina - William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute
  Contact person: Harry H. Wright, M.D., M.B.A. (803)734-7170
  William S. Hall Psychiatric Insitute
  P.O. Box 202 Columbia, SC 29202
  
  
• Medical College of Wisconsin/ Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
  Contact person: Nathan M. Szajnberg, M.D. (414)266-3044
  Child Psychiatry Center
  Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
  P.O. Box 1997 ( Mail Station #750)
  Milwaukee, WI 53201