Children exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and pervasive interpersonal
traumas may go on to develop PTSD and, in most cases, will further undergo a significant …

Background: Despite its high prevalence in all psychiatric disorders and its widely
demonstrated clinical relevance as a marker of both clinical severity and poorer treatment …

Abstract The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) is an 8-item self-report measure of
reflective functioning that is presumed to capture individual differences in hypo-and …

Background Although the relationship between childhood maltreatment, self-harm and
suicidality is well-established, less is known about the mediating mechanisms explaining it …

Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with posttraumatic and
complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adulthood (PTSD/cPTSD), as well as …

Objectives Childhood trauma (physical, emotional, sexual abuse and/or physical and
emotional neglect) represents a specific risk for developmental perturbations and long-term …

Building on the notion of epistemic trust as facilitating social learning, in this article we clarify
how interventions from mentalization-based treatment (MBT) for borderline personality …

Background Inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation is a key treatment for patients with mental
health issues. However, knowledge about critical success factors for beneficial treatment …

Impairment of mentalization may impact coping strategies, regulation of affect and stress.
The influence of impaired mentalization on dissociation in patients with adverse childhood …

Background Emotional abuse in childhood has been linked to a higher expression of
aggressive behavior in adulthood. The identification of protective factors that mitigate this …