GONCALVES, Maria José. Uma nova perspectiva em saúde mental do bebé: a experiência da Unidade da Primeira Infância. []. , 21, 1, pp.5-12. ISSN 0870-8231.

The author briefly describes the evolution of concepts in infant mental health in the last twenty years. Practice and principles of intervention at UPI are discussed under the light of this evolution. Being mental health prevention the first priority of the Unit, risk evaluation in terms of resilience and vulnerability assessment are hallmarks of the clinical work. Through the presentation of two clinical vignettes the author stresses that vulnerability and risk evaluation must take into account the intra-psychic dimension, namely the quality of early experiences of the self.

: Experiences of the self; risk mechanisms; psychopathology.

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