This article in the American Psychological Association’s Monitor on Psychology explores how:
- Philanthropic organizations and an increasing number of states are spending money to make early relational health a statewide standard of care.
- Programs like HealthySteps, which embeds behavioral health specialists in pediatric practices, and Family Connects, which sends nurses to homes of families with newborns, are growing rapidly.
- Psychologists are at the forefront in developing and evaluating programs that promote early relational health and, at HealthySteps, supervising or providing clinical care.