The ''Infant Mental Health Journal'' is a quarterly
peer-review
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ed
academic journal
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covering
developmental psychology
Developmental psychology is the science, scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult deve ...
. It was established in 1980 and is published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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. It is the official journal of the
World Association for Infant Mental Health. The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Paul Spicer (
University of Oklahoma
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). According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2017
impact factor
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of 1.673, ranking it 47th out of 73 journals in the category "Psychology, Developmental".
See also
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Child psychotherapy
Child psychotherapy, or mental health interventions for children have developed varied approaches over the last century. Two distinct historic pathways can be identified for present-day provision in Western Europe and in the United States: one t ...
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops ( gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb). A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins.
Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but ca ...
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Prenatal and perinatal psychology
Prenatal psychology can be seen as a part of developmental psychology, although historically it was developed in the heterogenous field of psychoanalysis. Its scope is the description and explanation of experience and behaviour of the individual b ...
References
External links
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Developmental psychology journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Publications established in 1980
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies
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