Jean E Twomey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5510064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean E Twomey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean E |
| FAMILY NAME | Twomey |
| SIGNATURE | TWOMEY J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prenatal methamphetamine exposure, home environment, and primary caregiver risk factors predict child behavioral problems at 5 years
This study investigated the prospective association between prenatal methamphetamine (MA) exposure and child behavioral problems at 5 years while also examining the home environment at 30 months and several primary caregiver (PC) risk factors. Participants were 97 MA-exposed and 117 comparison children and their PCs enrolled in the Infant Development, Environment and Lifestyle Study. Hypotheses were that child behaviors would be adversely impacte…
Colic: What's maternal mental health got to do with it
Families can benefit when pediatric and mental health professionals have a greater appreciation of psychological and relational issues that arise in the course of caring for an infant with colic. The Infant Behavior, Cry, and Sleep Clinic is a multidisciplinary, clinical intervention for parents who identify infant crying as adversely affecting infant, parental, and/or family functioning. Pairing pediatric and mental health expertise provides par…
A randomized control trial of integrated care for families managing infant colic
This article presents a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of a unique model of integrated care for the treatment of infant colic. Families seeking help for infant colic were randomized to either the family‐centered treatment (TX; n = 31) or standard pediatric care (SC; n = 31). All parents completed 3 days of Infant Behavior Diaries (Barr et al., 1998) and the Colic Symptom Checklist (Lester, 1997 ), Beck Depression Inventory …
Partners of perinatal substance users: Forgotten, failing, or fit to father
The role fathers play in families affected by perinatal substance use largely has been unexamined. It is difficult to reconcile this peripheral role assigned to the fathers of substance-exposed infants as the importance of fathers in the lives of children and of partners in the lives of substance-using women has become better appreciated. In this article, case presentations of families in which both parents were substance users illustrate the com…
Permanency planning and social service systems: A comparison of two families with prenatally substance exposed infants
An innovative program developed to work with families in which substance use during pregnancy leads to Child Protective Services involvement is introduced in this article. The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island (VIP-RI) was established to facilitate permanency planning for substance-exposed infants by focusing on the interface of social service systems with one another and with the families affected by perinatal substance use. Permanent p…
A transgenerational conceptualization of psychosomatic distress during pregnancy: Implications for infant mental health
A conceptualization of psychosomatic distress during pregnancy is suggested, stemming from a developmental psychopathology framework and based on contributions from the psychosomatic and attachment literature. A link is suggested between psychosomatic distress during pregnancy, patterns of representational activity, and transgenerational risks of relationship disturbances. Developmental transformations during pregnancy are reviewed, with an empha…
Loss and replacement: Intergenerational dynamics related to a two–year–old
A 27-month-old boy was referred to the outpatient infant psychiatry program of a hospital following a routine pediatric check-up that was significant for staring spells, regression in language development, and social withdrawal from his parents. This child was born within a year of the death of his brother, who unexpectedly died shortly after birth. There had been another unanticipated death in the family in the preceding generation when the fath…
Integrating policy and practice: The contribution of clinical social work
This article is the product of a doctoral level social welfare policy class of clinical social work students, facilitated by an experienced social policy teacher. The central concern was a mutual exploration of the many ways social welfare policy and clinical social work overlap despite a history of separation and an ongoing struggle to achieve a balance between these two different arenas of the profession. Two examples of how an integration betw…
A randomized control trial of integrated care for families managing infant colic
This article presents a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of a unique model of integrated care for the treatment of infant colic. Families seeking help for infant colic were randomized to either the family‐centered treatment (TX; n = 31) or standard pediatric care (SC; n = 31). All parents completed 3 days of Infant Behavior Diaries (Barr et al., 1998) and the Colic Symptom Checklist (Lester, 1997 ), Beck Depression Inventory …
Integrating policy and practice: The contribution of clinical social work
This article is the product of a doctoral level social welfare policy class of clinical social work students, facilitated by an experienced social policy teacher. The central concern was a mutual exploration of the many ways social welfare policy and clinical social work overlap despite a history of separation and an ongoing struggle to achieve a balance between these two different arenas of the profession. Two examples of how an integration betw…
Colic: What's maternal mental health got to do with it
Families can benefit when pediatric and mental health professionals have a greater appreciation of psychological and relational issues that arise in the course of caring for an infant with colic. The Infant Behavior, Cry, and Sleep Clinic is a multidisciplinary, clinical intervention for parents who identify infant crying as adversely affecting infant, parental, and/or family functioning. Pairing pediatric and mental health expertise provides par…
Integrating policy and practice: The contribution of clinical social work
This article is the product of a doctoral level social welfare policy class of clinical social work students, facilitated by an experienced social policy teacher. The central concern was a mutual exploration of the many ways social welfare policy and clinical social work overlap despite a history of separation and an ongoing struggle to achieve a balance between these two different arenas of the profession. Two examples of how an integration betw…
Loss and replacement: Intergenerational dynamics related to a two–year–old
A 27-month-old boy was referred to the outpatient infant psychiatry program of a hospital following a routine pediatric check-up that was significant for staring spells, regression in language development, and social withdrawal from his parents. This child was born within a year of the death of his brother, who unexpectedly died shortly after birth. There had been another unanticipated death in the family in the preceding generation when the fath…
A transgenerational conceptualization of psychosomatic distress during pregnancy: Implications for infant mental health
A conceptualization of psychosomatic distress during pregnancy is suggested, stemming from a developmental psychopathology framework and based on contributions from the psychosomatic and attachment literature. A link is suggested between psychosomatic distress during pregnancy, patterns of representational activity, and transgenerational risks of relationship disturbances. Developmental transformations during pregnancy are reviewed, with an empha…
Permanency planning and social service systems: A comparison of two families with prenatally substance exposed infants
An innovative program developed to work with families in which substance use during pregnancy leads to Child Protective Services involvement is introduced in this article. The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island (VIP-RI) was established to facilitate permanency planning for substance-exposed infants by focusing on the interface of social service systems with one another and with the families affected by perinatal substance use. Permanent p…
Partners of perinatal substance users: Forgotten, failing, or fit to father
The role fathers play in families affected by perinatal substance use largely has been unexamined. It is difficult to reconcile this peripheral role assigned to the fathers of substance-exposed infants as the importance of fathers in the lives of children and of partners in the lives of substance-using women has become better appreciated. In this article, case presentations of families in which both parents were substance users illustrate the com…
Colic: What's maternal mental health got to do with it
Families can benefit when pediatric and mental health professionals have a greater appreciation of psychological and relational issues that arise in the course of caring for an infant with colic. The Infant Behavior, Cry, and Sleep Clinic is a multidisciplinary, clinical intervention for parents who identify infant crying as adversely affecting infant, parental, and/or family functioning. Pairing pediatric and mental health expertise provides par…
A randomized control trial of integrated care for families managing infant colic
This article presents a randomized clinical trial examining the effectiveness of a unique model of integrated care for the treatment of infant colic. Families seeking help for infant colic were randomized to either the family‐centered treatment (TX; n = 31) or standard pediatric care (SC; n = 31). All parents completed 3 days of Infant Behavior Diaries (Barr et al., 1998) and the Colic Symptom Checklist (Lester, 1997 ), Beck Depression Inventory …
Prenatal methamphetamine exposure, home environment, and primary caregiver risk factors predict child behavioral problems at 5 years
This study investigated the prospective association between prenatal methamphetamine (MA) exposure and child behavioral problems at 5 years while also examining the home environment at 30 months and several primary caregiver (PC) risk factors. Participants were 97 MA-exposed and 117 comparison children and their PCs enrolled in the Infant Development, Environment and Lifestyle Study. Hypotheses were that child behaviors would be adversely impacte…
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Infant Health and Development (2 works) · Law (2 works)