A matter of security : the application of attachment theory to forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy /

As a psychodynamic theory of both normal development and psychopathology, attachment theory has particular utility for forensic psychiatry. A Matter of Security provides an account of the development of arousal and affect regulation, which offers a new way of thinking about mental disorders in offen...

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Other Authors: Pfäfflin, Friedemann, Adshead, Gwen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley, 2004.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:058547107X
9780585471075
1846424216
9781846424212
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Part 1: Theory; chapter 1. The Developmental Roots of Violence in the Failure of Mentalization; chapter 2. Attachment Representation, Attachment Style or Attachment Pattern?; chapter 3. Fragmented Attachment Representation; Part 2: Clinical issues; chapter 4. The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Later Violent Offending; Part 3: Institutional Issues; chapter 5. Three Degrees of Security; chapter 6. Forensic Mental Health Nursing; chapter 7. Finding a Secure Base; Part 4: Research Data; chapter 8. Attachment Representations and Factitious Illness by Proxy.
  • chapter 9. Violence and Attachmentchapter 10. Attachment Representations and Attachment styles in Traumatized Women; Conclusion: A matter of security; The Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index.