Treatment - Mother-infant relationship psychotherapy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-145

  Guedeney, Antoine ^a   Guedeney, Nicole ^b   Wendland, Jaqueline ^c,d   Burtchen, Nina ^e  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment disorganisation in infants; Attachment security; Behavioural cognitive therapy; Ghost in the nursery concept; Level of representation; Parent infant therapy; Perinatal depression; Postnatal depression; State of mind about attachment in parents; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTHER INFANT RELATIONSHIP PSYCHOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATTACHMENT DISORGANISATION IN INFANTS; ATTACHMENT SECURITY; BEHAVIOURAL COGNITIVE THERAPY; GHOST IN THE NURSERY CONCEPT; LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION; PARENT-INFANT THERAPY; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; STATE OF MIND ABOUT ATTACHMENT IN PARENTS; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84891630932     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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