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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week

  • Submitted by: Monica Lennon, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
  • Motion reference: S6M-05027

That the Parliament supports Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, from 13 to 19 June 2022; notes that infant mental health is the term used to describe the social and emotional wellbeing and development of children in the earliest years of life; understands that infant mental health is influenced by secure attachments and the quality and reliability of early caregiving relationships; further understands that infants who are exposed to trauma and maltreatment are at greater risk of experiencing a range of poor physical and mental health problems throughout their lives; recognises that evidence shows that supporting early relationships and babies’ developing mental health can reduce the need for later intervention services across the life course, and understands that, despite a well-established awareness of the devastating consequences that adverse childhood experiences can have upon future health and wellbeing, infants in Scotland have very little access to mental health services.


Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Finlay Carson, Foysol Choudhury, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Pam Gosal, Carol Mochan, Audrey Nicoll, Alex Rowley, Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Beatrice Wishart