Infant Mental Health
A Framework for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health
Supporting Young Children’s Mental Health from pregnancy to 5 years.
For 15 years, the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme (PEIP) and its successor, the
Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme, have led prevention and early intervention
across Ireland alongside other colleagues and stakeholders
A number of evidence-based prevention and early intervention principles have guided
this work, impacting at a regional and national level while targeting 12 areas of social
disadvantage in Ireland. For more information on the frame work please follow the attached link.