Mentalization And Clinical Psychopathology

This timely and ambitious book helps clarify the meaning and clinical applications of the mentalization construct. The authors propose that mentalizing is the central corrective process of all psychotherapies.

Pioneering research has been carried out over the last decade on mentalization and the promotion of mentalizing capacity - the ability to interpret the behavior of oneself and others as based on intentional mental states, such as needs, desires, feelings, and beliefs. This book is a consolidation of current knowledge and clinical applications, bringing together a group of international experts who have been on the ground floor of theory and research to clarify the concept, review pertinent neurobiological and psychosocial research, and explore its diverse clinical applications. Four sections will cover Conceptual Foundations, Developmental Psychopathology, Intervention and Prevention. A biopsychosocial approach will be used, integrating new research in neuroimaging with psychodynamic and cognitive perspectives. Clinical issues covered will include parent–child interactions, personality disorders, traumatic brain injury, bullying and at-risk children.

Table of Contents: Contemporary neuroscientific research / Martin Debban and Tobias Nolte Assessment of mentalizing / Patrick Luyten, Saskia Malcorps, Peter Fonagy and Karin Ensink Mentalizing, resilience, and epistemic trust / Peter Fonagy, Elizabeth Allison and Chloe Campbell Mentalizing and trauma / Patrick Luyten and Peter Fonagy Individual therapy techniques / Anthony Bateman, Brandon Unruh and Peter Fonagy Group therapy for adults and adolescents / Anthony Bateman, Mickey Kongerslev and Sune Bo Hansen Working with families / Eia Asen and Nick Midgley Couples therapy / Efrain Bleiberg and Ellen Safier Therapeutic models / Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell and Elizabeth Allison Creative arts therapies / Dominik Havsteen-Franklin Partial hospitalization settings / Dawn Bales Ambit : engaging the client and communities of minds / Dickon Bevington and Peter Fuggle Social systems : beyond the microcosm of the individual and family / Eia Asen, Chloe Campbell, and Peter Fonagy Children / Nick Midgley, Nicole Muller, Norka Malberg, Karin Lindqvist and Karin Ensink Parenting and foster care / Sheila Redfern Borderline personality pathology in adolescence / Carla Sharp and Trudie Rossouw Conduct disorder / Svenja Taubner, Thorsten-Christian Gablonski and Peter Fonagy Borderline personality disorder / Anthony Bateman, Peter Fonagy and Chloe Campbell Antisocial personality disorder in community and prison settings / Anthony Bateman, Anna Motz, Jessica yakeley Avoidant and narcissistic personality disorder / Sebastian Simonsen and Sebastian Euler Eeating disorders / Paul Robinson and Finn Skarderud Depression / Patrick Luyten, Alessandra Lemma and Mary Target Comorbid substance use disosrder and personality disorderr / Nina Arefjord, Katharina Morken and Kari Lossius Psychosis / Martin Debban and Anthony Bateman.

Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, self-destructive behaviours, and violence. This practical guide on MBT treatment of personality disorders outlines the mentalizing model of borderline and antisocial personality disorders and how it translates into an effective clinical treatment.

Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring the mental states that lie behind overt behavior - develops during childhood within the context of a secure attachment relationship. It is crucial to self-regulation and constructive, intimate relationships. Failure to retain mentalizing, particularly in the midst of emotional interactions, is a core problem in borderline personality disorder and results in severe emotional fluctuations,impulsivity, and vulnerability to interpersonal and social interactions. Mentalization-based treatment for borderline personality disorder is a How to Do It book outlining a clinically proven treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder. Containing illustrative clinical examples, it details precisely how to develop and implement treatment and is a companion to the highly successful book Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder - mentalization based treatment.This practical guide explains how to treat borderline patients by helping them develop a more robust mentalizing capacity within the context of an attachment relationship. It provides the practitioner with everything they need to know about how to practise mentalizing treatment in day patient and out-patient settings. Enough theory is provided to orientate the clinician and there is step-by-step practical advice on the assessment of mentalizing and interpersonal relationships, how to structuretreatment, the use of basic mentalizing interventions and how to apply them, as well as information on what not to do. In addition, it includes a check list to be used in the assessment of mentalizing and a self-rating exercise for practitioners to evaluate their adherence tomentalizing.

How can therapists help clients reflect more deeply on their own--and other people's--thoughts and emotions? How can the therapeutic relationship be leveraged effectively to create change? This concise book guides therapists of any orientation to incorporate innovative mentalization-based strategies into assessment and intervention. Complex ideas are clearly explained and illustrated with extensive session transcripts and vignettes. Ways to help clients struggling with dysregulated emotions and behavior are highlighted. Compelling topics include the role of mentalization difficulties in personality disorders, special concerns in working with adolescents, and how clinicians can improve their own mentalizing capacities.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] licence. It is free to read at Oxford Clinical Psychology Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The theory of mentalizing and epistemic trust introduced by Peter Fonagy and colleagues at the Anna Freud Centre has been an important perspective on mental health and illness. Mentalizing and Epistemic Trust is the first comprehensive account and evaluation of this perspective. The book explores twenty primary concepts that organize the contributions of Fonagy and colleagues: adaptation, aggression, the alien self, culture, disorganized attachment, epistemic trust, hypermentalizing, reflective function, the P factor, pretend mode, the primary unconscious, psychic equivalence, mental illness, mentalizing, mentalization-based therapy, non-mentalizing, the self, sexuality, the social environment, and teleological mode. The biographical and social context of the development of these ideas is examined. The book also specifies the current strengths and limitations of the theory of mentalizing and epistemic trust, with attention to the implications for both clinicians and researchers. This book will be of interest to historians of the human sciences, developmental psychologists, and clinicians interested in taking a broader perspective on psychological theory and concepts.