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WAIMH's mission promotes education, research, and study of the effects of mental, emotional and social development during infancy on later normal and psychopathological development through international and interdisciplinary cooperation, publications, affiliate associations, and through regional and biennial congresses devoted to scientific, educational, and clinical work with infants and their caregivers.

Next World Congress

12th World Congress

Infancy in Times of Transition

Leipzig, Germany
June 29 - July 3, 2010

For more information, please visit http://www.waimh-leipzig2010.org/

 

Next Regional Conference

Updates on Interventions in Infant Mental Health

Acre, Israel
September 8 - 10, 2009

For more information, see the WAIMH web-page

Infant Mental Health

Defining infant mental health as the ability to develop physically, cognitively, and socially in a manner which allows them to master the primary emotional tasks of early childhood without serious disruption caused by harmful life events.  Because infants grow in a context of nurturing environments, infant mental health involves the psychological balance of the infant-family system.

WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, vol 1, p.25
 
   
World Association for Infant Mental Health
University of Tampere
Medical Faculty, Finn-Medi 1
33014 University of Tampere
Finland
Phone: +358-(0)3-3116 5131 · Fax: +358-(0)3-3116 3579 · E-mail: office@waimh.org
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