Countertransference.
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L W Sander
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Effects of maternal drinking on neonate state regulation.
Sleep-awake state distribution during inter-feed intervals over a 24-hour period on the third day of life was investigated by means of a continuous non-intrusive bassinet sleep monitor. 31 infants were studied: 14 born to mothers who drank heavily throughout pregnancy (group A), eight whose mothers modified their heavy drinking (group B) and nine whose mothers never were heavy drinkers (group C). Over the 24-hour period, group A infants slept less than those in group B. In comparison with group C, group A infants had a larger proportion of quiet sleep episodes interrupted by awake or unclassified epochs, and were more restless, with more frequent major body movements. These pilot observations suggest that heavy maternal consumption of alcohol, when continued throughout pregnancy, is associated with a disturbance of sleep-awake state distribution. Successful therapy of heavy drinking during pregnancy may improve the physiological competence of the newborn to regulate sleep-awake states and facilitate interaction between mother and infant.
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Effects of alcohol intake during pregnancy on newborn state regulation: a progress report.
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Development of a system for monitoring infant state behavior.
The concept of infant state refers to patterns of behavior that comprise the sleep-wake cycle. The infant's ability to organize state behavior rhythmically is indicative of central nervous system maturation and predictive of later development. This article describes the development of a noninvasive, computerized infant monitoring system that can be used to categorize the infant's sleep-wake behavior into states. Development of the system occurred in two phases: In the first phase of the study, reliability and validity of the infant monitoring system for recording continuous behavioral and physiological data were assessed. These results were then used in the second phase to develop a rule-based computer program to interpret the signal data stored on a micro-diskette and to characterize the infant's state throughout the period of monitoring. The capability of computerized data collection and analysis of infant state behavior has expanded the application of this infant monitoring system. Its use as an investigative tool in clinical research is discussed.
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