Infant and Perinatal Mental Health

Learn about mental health during pregnancy, and risk factors and contributing factors, plus attachment and stress in infants and your children.

By the end of this module, you should be able to:
1. Understand why good mental health is important for infants and young children
2. Understand the importance of the ‘first 1,000 days’
3. Identify ways to build good mental health in infants and young children
4. Describe secure infant attachment
5. Identify secure attachment relationships between caregivers and children
6. Describe the implications of insecure attachment relationships
7. Identify insecure attachment relationships between caregivers and children
8. Identify risk factors for insecure attachment and mental health challenges in infants and young children
9. Understand the impact of toxic stress on infants and young children
10. Understand ways to support families

Registered Nurses