What is psychoanalysis? Is it relevant to today's mental health crisis? How can
psychoanalysis help people suffering from psychological distress and illness? This vital new …

Learning Objective: After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:•
Evaluate evidence-based therapies for borderline personality disorder Abstract: Several …

Parental reflective functioning represents the capacity of a parent to think about their own
and their child's mental states and how these mental states may influence behavior. Here we …

ABSTRACT I describe an integrative social‐evolutionary model for the adaptive significance
of the human oxytocinergic system. The model is based on a role for this hormone in the …

Parental reflective functioning, referring to the capacity of a parent to consider their child's
mental states as they relate to their behavior, may support sensitive and adaptive parenting …

Background Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to parents' mental capacity to
understand their own and their children's behaviors in terms of envisioned mental states. As …

A neurobiological explanation of self-awareness and the states of mind of severely
traumatized people. Cultivation of emotional awareness is difficult, even for those of us not …

In this review article, we outline the evidence linking attachment adversity to psychosis, from
the premorbid stages of the disorder to its clinical forms. To better understand the …

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is associated with an assortment of characteristics
that undermine interpersonal functioning. A lack of empathy is often cited as the primary …

Objective This review sought to systematically review evidence on the efficacy of
mentalization‐based therapy (MBT) for the treatment of borderline personality disorder …