I was delighted to be involved in this wonderful series. See what a wonderful job teacher Maria does at helping her Junior Infants name their worries and loosen them using relaxation time with their teddies. Play also loosens fear! Don't miss episode 2 of #bigschool tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One. If you haven't watched already, you will LOVE it. Thanks to Colman Noctor Mairead Whelan AstonVillage Etns
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Published: Irish Independent
Author: Danielle Baron
Expert Opinion: Dr. Malie Coyne
“The release of oxytocin in both mother and baby is one of the main psychological benefits of breastfeeding”
“Close skin-to-skin body contact, post-natally and beyond, significantly improves the physical and mental health and wellbeing for both mother and baby. Oxytocin acts like a fertiliser for their growing brain, helping them to be happier and more confident as they grow older.”
“It also naturally helps to build the attachment bond and ensures plenty of mother and baby time”
Published: RTE Brainstorm
Author: Dr. Malie Coyne
Opinion: infant mental health is an important public health issue, as research shows the quality of the early relationship builds the foundation for virtually every aspect of human development
Babies are hardwired to develop a social connection with their primary caregiver, usually their mother or father. Without this relationship, they would not survive. We learn about who we are through our relationships. It is within the sacred crucible of the most important first relationship, the parent-infant bond, that our sense of self and the world develops. “Infant mental health” refers to the child’s healthy social and emotional development in the first three years of life within the context of this “attachment” relationship with the primary caregiver.
Published: alustforlife.com
Author: Dr. Malie Coyne
“Mental health issues are the great epidemic of this generation” were the impassioned words of musician and mental health campaigner Niall Breslin (Bressie) as he addressed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children last week. “Agonising suicide rates, disturbingly high anxiety and depression rates, self-harm, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder… young people are being exposed to too much… we simply cannot ignore this anymore”..
