The Power of Early Intervention: Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Very Young Children and Their Families

Dear Colleagues,

The mental health needs of infants and very young children are often misunderstood. Because infants and very young children come as a dyad with a caregiver, diagnostic assessment procedures and therapeutic interventions must consider the caregiver–child relationship as important context.

This Special Issue will highlight this unique context by presenting innovative research and applications that foster infant and early childhood mental health through well-established and emerging interventions.

We welcome the submission of empirical studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and theoretical papers that foster an understanding of the mental health needs of infants and very young children. Papers that include multidisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives are particularly encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Kimberly Renk
Guest Editor

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