abstract:Infant mental health is the study of mental health as it applies to infants and their families. The field investigates optimal social and emotional development of infants and their families in the first three years of life.
Glasgow University expert in infantmentalhealth, Dr. Philip Wilson, said the problem of language delay amongst Scotland's two and a half year olds had to be tackled now, before associated behavioural problems like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, set in, when they're older.