Child in Mind

Promoting Health and Wellbeing of Children and Families Through Relationship Based Interventions

Friday, January 27, 2012

Diagnosing vs Careful Listening

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"A diagnosis tells that there is a reason for that other than that they are bad." This quote is from a blog post written in criti...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Autism Label Controversy: A Child's View

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Child's voice. " I am very smart and tuned in to everything happening around me. I get overwhelmed when there are a lot of people....
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Mothers, Babies, Psychoanalysts, Pediatricians

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For many people the word "psychoanalyst" conjures up an image of a man sitting silent behind a patient lying on a couch. In stark ...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Is Our Society Prejudiced Against Children?

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Tears ran down Elena’s cheeks as she described being so overwhelmed and full of rage that she forcefully held her fully clothed 4-year-old s...
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Yoga as Treatment for Colic?

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Just to clarify, I mean yoga for mom, not baby. In my book, Keeping Your Child in Mind , I tell a story of a mom who was struggling with bo...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Baby Docs Need Time to Listen to Parents

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the major organization representing pediatricians in this country, has just issued an important p...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Early Relationships and Brain Development

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The research and knowledge about how early relationships shape brain development has been exploding in recent years. Three new studies caugh...
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Claudia M. Gold, MD
I am a pediatrician and writer with a long-standing interest in addressing children’s mental health needs in a preventive model. I have practiced general and behavioral pediatrics for over 20 years, and currently specialize in early childhood mental health. I am the author of The Developmental Science of Early Childhood:Clinical Applications of Infant Mental Health Concepts from Infancy Through Adolescence" ( 2017)"The Silenced Child:From Labels, Medications, and Quick Fix Solutions to Listening, Growth, and Lifelong Resilience" ( 2016) "Keeping Your Child in Mind: Overcoming Tantrums, Defiance, and other Everyday Problems by Seeing the World Through Your Child's Eyes"(2011) " I am on the faculty of UMass Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health Program, William James College, the Brazelton Institute, and the Austen Riggs Center.
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