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Mar 08, 2023;13 (3):

Attachment, Mentalizing and Trauma: Then (1992) and Now (2022).

Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell, Patrick Luyten
Author Information
  1. Peter Fonagy: Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  2. Chloe Campbell: Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  3. Patrick Luyten: Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
PMID: 36979268 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13030459

Abstract

This article reviews the current status of research on the relationship between attachment and trauma in developmental psychopathology. Beginning with a review of the major issues and the state-of-the-art in relation to current thinking in the field of attachment about the impact of trauma and the inter-generational transmission of trauma, the review then considers recent neurobiological work on mentalizing and trauma and suggests areas of new development and implications for clinical practice.

Keywords

attachment developmental psychopathology mentalizing trauma

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