@article{d11e8078a51042f98501f514d7b91c02,
title = "Recommendations for mental health professionals in the NICU",
abstract = "This article describes recommended activities of social workers, psychologists and psychiatric staff within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). NICU mental health professionals (NMHPs) should interact with all NICU parents in providing emotional support, screening, education, psychotherapy and teleservices for families. NMHPs should also offer educational and emotional support for the NICU health-care staff. NMHPs should function at all levels of layered care delivered to NICU parents. Methods of screening for emotional distress are described, as well as evidence for the benefits of peer-to-peer support and psychotherapy delivered in the NICU. In the ideal NICU, care for the emotional and educational needs of NICU parents are outcomes equal in importance to the health and development of their babies. Whenever possible, NMHPs should be involved with parents from the antepartum period through after discharge.",
author = "Hynan, {M. T.} and Z. Steinberg and L. Baker and R. Cicco and Geller, {P. A.} and S. Lassen and C. Milford and Mounts, {K. O.} and C. Patterson and S. Saxton and L. Segre and A. Stuebe",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to other members of the NICU Mental Health Professional workgroup for their contributions: Amy Baughcum, Susan Hatters Friedman, Becky Hatfield; Pec Indman, Carrie Piazza-Waggoner, Keira Sorrells; and Sarah Verbiest. This article is dedicated to an earlier generation of NICU staff and parents who showed great concern for NICU parent care: John Glaspey, Helen Harrison, August {\textquoteleft}Larry{\textquoteright} Jung, Sheri Nance and countless others. This article has been supported by grants and contributions from: the Wellness Network, Prolacta Bioscience, Loma Linda University Department of Pediatrics, NICU Parent Support at Mercy Hospital in St Louis, Missouri, Hand to Hold, Preemie Parent Alliance, Zoe Rose Memorial Foundation, the Rosemary Kennedy Trust and Eden{\textquoteright}s Garden. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Nature America, Inc.",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/jp.2015.144",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "35",
pages = "S14--S18",
journal = "Journal of Perinatology",
issn = "0743-8346",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "S1",
}