Child Abuse and Neglect: Attachment, Development and Intervention

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Part I: Emotions, Attachment and the Psychological Self......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Maltreating Minds......Page 22
The Mental Processing of Social Information......Page 24
Emotions and their Importance in Development, Social Competence and Mental Health......Page 28
Affect Regulation......Page 31
Sensitive Caregiving, Intersubjectivity and Mentalization......Page 32
Mind-Mindedness......Page 36
Conclusion......Page 43
Attachment Behaviour......Page 44
Attachment at the Level of Mental Representation (Internal Working Models)......Page 45
Secure Attachments......Page 48
Insecure and Anxious Patterns......Page 49
Avoidant Attachments......Page 51
Ambivalent Attachments......Page 52
Disorganized Attachments......Page 54
Controlling Behaviours......Page 58
Introduction......Page 63
Defensive Exclusion......Page 65
Cognitive Disconnection (Associated with Ambivalent, Dependent and Preoccupied Attachment Patterns)......Page 67
Deactivation of Attachment Behaviour (Associated with Avoidant and Dismissing Patterns)......Page 72
Segregated Representational Systems and Dissociation (Associated with Unresolved and Helpless/Hostile States of Mind, and Disorganized, Out-Of-Control and Dissociated Patterns)......Page 74
Types of Maltreatment......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 81
Part II: Abuse......Page 84
Introduction......Page 86
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 89
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 94
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 97
Internal Working Model of the Self......Page 99
Internal Working Model of Relationships and How They Work......Page 100
Bernard (Aged 10 Years)......Page 102
Fabrication or Induction of Illness (F11) in Children......Page 103
Physical Abuse: Conclusion......Page 106
Introduction......Page 107
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 108
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 115
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 118
Internal Working Model of Others......Page 121
Peter (Aged Five) and Tom (Aged Three)......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 127
Part III: Neglect......Page 128
Introduction......Page 136
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 137
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 142
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 143
Internal Working Model of the Self......Page 146
Internal Working Model of Others......Page 147
Internal Working Model of Relationships and How they Work......Page 148
Liam (Aged Ten) and His Family......Page 149
Conclusion......Page 151
Introduction......Page 152
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 153
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 154
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 155
Internal Working Model of Others......Page 156
The Ledward Family......Page 157
Conclusion......Page 159
Introduction......Page 160
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 161
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 162
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 165
Internal Working Model of the Self......Page 167
Georgia......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 169
Part IV: Compound Cases of Abuse and Neglect......Page 172
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 174
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 179
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 185
Controlling Strategies......Page 188
Internal Working Model of the Self......Page 191
Internal Working Model of Others......Page 193
Internal Working Model of Relationships and How They Work......Page 194
Kerry (Aged Five) and Luke (Aged Three)......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 199
Substance Abuse......Page 200
Depression......Page 206
Domestic Violence......Page 211
Conclusion......Page 215
Introduction......Page 216
Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment......Page 217
Children's Behaviour and Development......Page 220
The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy......Page 225
Conclusion......Page 231
Part V: Interventions, Treatment and Support......Page 232
Introduction......Page 238
Enhancing Parental Sensitivity and Responsiveness at the Behavioural Level......Page 239
Changing Parents' Behaviour and Mental Representations......Page 243
Social Support and Improving Parental Well-Being......Page 246
Conclusion......Page 250
Introduction......Page 251
Developmental Age and Chronological Age......Page 253
Attachment Problems and Types of Treatment......Page 256
Psychological and Affectively Attuned Interventions......Page 258
Treatments Based on Affect Attunement and Corrective Emotional Experiences......Page 267
Attachment Theory and Family Therapy......Page 275
Conclusion......Page 276
Introduction......Page 278
Making Emotional Contact......Page 281
Mentalized Affectivity......Page 285
Attachment Type and Therapeutic Matching......Page 289
The Opportunistic, Low-Intensity Route to Mentalized Affectivity......Page 290
Conclusion: Turning Points......Page 291
Epilogue......Page 294
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