INFANT PSYCHIATRY/MENTAL HEALTH - THE MATILDA THEISS CENTER

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Psychiatry Advances

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Dr. Paula Marie Powe is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry/Medical Director of Theiss Early Childhood and School-Based Behavioral Center. Her work involves analysis and intervention in infants 0-3 years old exposed to stress. potentially toxic stress. This type stress impacts later mental and physical health. Poor outcomes are not inevitable. Adaptive support enhances infant and child resilience. Programmatic interventions e.g. “parent-child interaction therapy”  are reviewed and highlighted.