Premature birth: A crisis intervention approach.

The study of mothers of premature babies allows for the formulation of the specific psychological tasks that make for adaptive or maladaptive coping patterns. In line with a novel theoretical model of crisis denoted as the Perceived Personal Control Model (PPC), a preventive intervention program was implemented by medical caregivers trained in the underlying principles of the PPC model. That model as well as Social Action to facilitate the accomplishment of the adaptive psychological tasks of the target population are discussed.