Gentle remedies: Restoring faith in the first step of nonpharmacological infant mental health care for the prevention and treatment of “disruptive behavior”

Parents and healthcare providers are reported to be “desperate” for solutions for dealing with temper tantrums and other extreme “disruptive behaviors.” Reports state that at least 10,000 and as many as 20,000 infants under the age of two in 2014 were prescribed drugs such as risperidone, quetiapine, and other antipsychotic medications, sugge sting that parents may have lost faith in their inner abilities to create an environment for their infant. Dr. Maria Montessori, concluded from her work that the nervous troubles of many “difficult” children can be traced to one of the most “harmful forms of repressive action” an adult can t ake, that of “interference” with or interrupting a child's self-chosen activity.
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research