Detecção precoce de sofrimento psiquico em bebês no primeiro ano de vida

Abstract

Over the years, researchers such as Marie-Christine Laznik and Filipo Muratori have observed through home videos that children who had been diagnosed with autism in childhood showed signs of psychological suffering, which could be detected in babyhood, regardless of their physical development. Hence, the necessity of spotting such signs as soon as possible. One way of making this detection is through a protocol called Programme Recherche Evaluation Autisme (PREAUT) which, in France, has enabled hundreds of children to be evaluated in their first year of life, at 4 and 9 months old, allowing for a prompt intervention which then resulted in the reduction of symptoms of severe psychological disorders in early childhood. The aim of this study is to present a broader look at babies and their psychological development, reflecting on the importance of detecting early signs of psychological suffering in babies, in line with the PREAUT protocol and through the analysis of PREAUT signs, and to address the impact of early detection on intervention. A narrative literature review was done in which data was collected from books and articles found in the Lilacs, Pepsic and Scielo portals.