Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Dyadic attachment-based therapies for infants and young children with mental health problems: a scoping review
Originally published 2025-11-12 · Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s13034-025-00981-7 ↗
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What does treatment look like when a caregiver and a young child participate together?
The review maps dyadic therapies and the settings in which they were studied rather than assuming all attachment-focused programs are interchangeable.
Who was studied?
Studies of relationship-based therapies for infants and young children with mental health difficulties and their caregivers
Age / stage: Birth to 6 years
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- What does treatment look like when a caregiver and a young child participate together?
- Which inclusion criteria and differences among the original studies matter for the authors’ conclusions?
- Which features of the study population (studies of relationship-based therapies for infants and young children with mental health difficulties and their caregivers) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The scoping review catalogs approaches for children aged zero to six who have mental health difficulties. A mapped therapy is not necessarily one with demonstrated comparative effectiveness.
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Katherine Matheson; Constance de Schaetzen; Adrienne Li; Nicole Sheridan; Anne-Lise Holahan; Alexandra Tighe; Mina Salamatmanesh; Melissa Vloet; Paula Cloutier; Amanda Helleman; Lisa Currie; Nicole Racine; Sevda Saadat; Kathleen Pajer (2025). Dyadic attachment-based therapies for infants and young children with mental health problems: a scoping review Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-025-00981-7
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