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Perinatal Psychopathology.
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Infant development and perinatal psychopathology.
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Screening and treatment of perinatal depression and
anxiety.
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Transition to Parenthood.
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Clinical assessment of adult-infant interactions.
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Hospitalization in infancy.
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Perinatal Psychopathology:
Perinatal depression - Perinatal anxiety disorders – Social phobia
in pregnancy - Consequences of perinatal psychopathology on
mother's and father's wellbeing and on the family.
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Infant development and perinatal psychopathology:
Brief and long-term effects of postnatal depression on infant's
cognitive and emotional development – Effects of prenatal anxiety
disorders on early infant temperament, assessment of infant behavioural
inhibition.
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Screening and treatment of perinatal depression and
anxiety:
Methods and instruments for the detection of postnatal depression
and perinatal anxiety disorders – Screening and assessment in
hospital and health services.
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Transition to Parenthood:
Representations and stress related to becoming parent - Parenthood
at risk – Transition to parenthood in Assisted reproductive
technology.
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Clinical assessment of adult-infant interactions:
Techniques of observation and clinical assessment of adult-infant
interactions in the first three years of life - Clinical assessment of
mother-preterm baby early interactions, depressed mother-infant
interactions and anxious mother-infant interactions.
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Hospitalization in infancy:
Consequences of chronic disease (eg cystic fibrosis, atopic
dermatitis) on family's and infant's Quality of Life (QoL) -Assessment of QoL in
infants with atopic dermatitis and his family – Interventions aimed
at promoting children's wellbeing during
hospitalization.
