• ISBN13: 9780471189411
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley
• Publication Date: December 29, 1999
• Pages: 403
• Original Price: GBP 263.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 958 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Developmental / Child, Life Stages / Infants & Toddlers, and Mental Health

Keynote: This 4-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of children's psychological development during the critical early years of life. Infancy--which is defined as the period from birth to 18 months of age--is the single most critical stage in cognitive and socioemotional development. The comprehensive WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health offers the first thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the biopsychosocial factors that impact normal and abnormal infant mental development. Assembled under the auspices of the leading international organization in infant development--the World Association of Infant Mental Health--this ground-breaking four-volume reference offers a state-of-the-art overview of the field by the world's leading researchers, clinicians, and scholars.

Joy D. Osofsky is the editor of WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Volume 1: Perspectives on Infant Mental Health, published by Wiley.

Hiram E. Fitzgerald is Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and Adjunct Professor in Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University.