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Assessing Parent–Infant Bonding in a Community Perinatal Mental Health Service

Grace Baptie; Karen Yirmiya; Camilla Rosan; Cathy Coombs; Kim Alyousefi‐van Dijk

Originally published 2025-03-01 · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Wiley · DOI 10.1002/cpp.70036 ↗

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What can routine clinical records show about bonding, and what is left undocumented?

The study examines how the parent-infant relationship is assessed in a real service using existing patient records.

Who was studied?

Patient records from a community perinatal mental health service in Birmingham, UK

Age / stage: Perinatal families

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  1. What can routine clinical records show about bonding, and what is left undocumented?
  2. Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
  3. Which features of the study population (patient records from a community perinatal mental health service in Birmingham, UK) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?

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A secondary analysis of 948 clinical records depends on what professionals documented. An unrecorded bonding assessment is not evidence that a concern was absent.

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Grace Baptie; Karen Yirmiya; Camilla Rosan; Cathy Coombs; Kim Alyousefi‐van Dijk (2025). Assessing Parent–Infant Bonding in a Community Perinatal Mental Health Service Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70036

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