When Is the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale Generally Administered

question 250

Multiple Choice

When is the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale generally administered?

• A) A day prior to birth
• B) Immediately after birth and then at 1 year
• C) About a day after birth and then a week later
• D) When the infant is 1 year old

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic Formulations

An approach in psychotherapy that assesses a patient's personality and psychological functioning by exploring the subconscious dynamics and interpersonal relationships.

Biological

Pertaining to the study of life and living organisms, involving their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution.

Diathesis-Stress Perspective

The view that a predisposition to develop a disorder (the “diathesis”), interacting with the experience of stress, causes mental disorders. According to this perspective, the interaction underlies the onset of all disorders, although either the predisposition or the stress may be more important in a particular disorder, or in a particular person.

Diathesis

A predisposition or vulnerability to developing a disorder or disease, often influenced by genetics and environmental factors.