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  • Child Psychiatry
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Parent-child interaction is crucial in infant mental health.
  • Emotional availability (EAS) is a key measure of dyadic functioning.
  • Standardized assessment of parent-child interactions aids in understanding infant psychiatric disorders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between emotional availability and psychiatric diagnoses in young children.
  • To explore the correlation between emotional availability ratings and the intensity of recommended therapeutic interventions.
  • To highlight the clinical utility of the Emotional Availability Scales (EAS) in child psychiatric settings.

Main Methods:

  • Observation of 68 mother-child pairs with children aged 6 weeks to 3 years 10 months.
  • Diagnosis of children using the DC 0-3 guidelines.
  • Assessment of parent-child interactions using the Emotional Availability Scales (EAS).
  • Rating the intensity of recommended therapeutic measures for each dyad.

Main Results:

  • The group with feeding disorders exhibited the lowest EAS ratings.
  • Children with regulation disorders (sleeping, crying) had the highest EAS ratings, followed by those with externalizing and attachment disorders.
  • A significant inverse relationship was found between EAS ratings and the intensity of recommended treatments.

Conclusions:

  • Emotional availability is an important indicator in infant psychiatric disorders.
  • Standardized observation of parent-child interactions, using tools like the EAS, is valuable for clinical assessment and treatment planning.
  • Findings underscore the significance of the parent-child relationship in the context of early childhood mental health interventions.