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The ideal: mother and baby together forever
Young children come into the world healthy term should also be monitored closely, both in the maternity ward and later, when they come home, but rarely bilirubin values imply a problem for them.
Specialists in this area, such as Newman and Maisels U.S. pediatricians, strongly protested because often subjected to light therapies babies just in case. And your complaints are reasonable because in their research, worldwide, only in cases were few and the consequences described above, even when bilirubin values were well above 20 mg/dl.
These pediatricians insist on the negative aspects of therapy when they are not really essential, since they always involve a separation between mother and son at a particularly important, ie, when both are learning.
Often, breastfeeding is made difficult because the baby must be submitted for hours to light. An added inconvenience is that it must remain blindfolded because of the high light intensity and also that blood tests are very common and, of course, painful for the child. Parents, of course, suffer and are afraid to see her son under such conditions. This also means that admission is extended.
To alleviate these problems as possible in Bensberg, Germany, have installed a light therapy room where the mother can stay with your child. And this is what they see in the artwork. Hopefully many other centers will follow their example and in this as in other non-medical prime separation between babies and their mothers.
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Tags: babies, breastfeeding, child, mothers, parents, pediatricians | 
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What is my child?
The first goal should point the child and adolescent psychiatrist is to reach a diagnosis. The diagnostic process takes time, exploration, extensive and profound knowledge and a lot of reflective capacity.
The basic tool for diagnosis remains the interview with the patient and his family, together and / or separated. If necessary, appeals to some specific studies that are performed by other technicians Mental Health team: psychological study, psychomotor evaluation, assessment, pedagogy, language assessment, biological studies, etc..
The diagnosis involves not only say, “This child is such a thing.” A global diagnosis not only puts a name to what is happening to the child, but also analyzed the whole situation surrounding it and its environment.
Means being able to diagnose and to understand the situation settle on a good safe treatment recommendation.
Is a fundamental part of the consultation the technician and the patient and family understand each other. The diagnosis should be shared with the child’s parents, in terms that are understandable. A psychiatrist is a doctor and as such should be able to explain the patient’s understanding of the disease that affects it. The psychiatrist is a person and as such should be able to speak the language and communicate with people who ask for help in terms that can be understood.
We stand for dignity and respect of those who consult a child psychiatrist: the patient and his family are entitled to know, be informed and decide which are ultimately willing to risk.
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