A validity and reliability study of assessment and screening for sustained withdrawal reaction in infancy: The Alarm Distress Baby scaleThis study would not have been possible without the support of Marcelle Delour, M.D., Head of medical services, Protection Maternelle et Infantile de Paris. Janine Charon, M.D. (Head of PMI, 14th district of Paris), François Rogé, M.D., pediatrician (PMI, IPP), Malika Benjellal-Zamoun, puéricultrice de jeunes enfants (PMI, IPP), Annie Gauvain-Piquard, M.D. (IGR, Villejuif), Martine Vermillard, nurse (PMI, IPP), Caroline Dumont (psychologist), Héloise Courtier (psychologist), and Edith Thoueille, director (PMI, IPP) have directly participated in the study. Rachael Henry, Ph.D. (Wollongong, Australia), R. Kumar, Ph.D. M.D. (Maudsley, London), and Campbell Paul, M.D. (Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne) have kindly provided expert advice at different points of the study. Frédéric Atger, M.D. (Institut Mutualiste Monsouris, Paris) has been very helpful in the use of the statistical software. Annie Nataf-Cooper Rusconi, M.D., Marianne Kumar, Gisèle Danon, M.D., and Denise Parise made translations and back-translations of the scale from French to English. Kaija Purra, M.D. (Tampere University, Finland), Priti Patel, M.D., Dilys Daws (Tavistock Clinic, London), and Stephen Matthey (South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Australia) have kindly provided editing help. The study has benefited from the financial help of the Nestlé Corporation. Direct correspondence to: Dr. Antoine Guedeney, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, policlinique Ney, 124 blvd Ney, 75018 Paris, France; e-mail: guedeney@bch.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Autor: Guedeney, Antoine1, Fermanian, Jacques2
Zdroj: Infant Mental Health Journal. Sep/Oct2001, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p559-575. 17p.
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