RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neuroscience, Joy, and the Well-Infant Visit That Got Me Thinking
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 80
OP 83
DO 10.1370/afm.2013
VO 15
IS 1
A1 Ungar, Tamas
YR 2017
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/1/80.abstract
AB This essay is the narrative of a seemingly routine well-infant visit and the joyful bond that unites mother and infant and is at the forefront of early infant brain development. An incredible story unfolds. Through this short discourse, I hope to offer a glimmer of insight into the very meaning of being human while encouraging the family physician to foster the mother-infant bond. I explore emerging implications in child mental health, ADHD and ASD; how even during brief interactions of the well-infant and postpartum visits, family physicians can impact the mental development of their little patients in a meaningful way.