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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Attachment Difficulties"”.
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What is the relationship between attachment difficulties, alexithymia, and substance misuse? A systematic literature review. And Investigating the relationship between alexithymia, depression, and problematic benzodiazepine use.
What is the relationship between attachment difficulties, alexithymia, and substance misuse? A systematic literature review. Background: Substance misuse is common within the United Kingdom, having significant impact on health and public spending. It is important to understand the risk factors of …
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No audience : mind constructed through representation of self
… These behaviours have been linked to early attachment relationship difficulties, which result in problems with affect regulation (Fonagy & Target, 2006), and the ability to mentalize and maintain a clear sense of a core self (Bateman & Fonagy, 2004). In this research I am looking at the …
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The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient
… in the therapy of patients with borderline attachment difficulties may well provide temporary adjustments, but run the risk of failing to provide for a higher level of psychic integration beyond support for the development of a false self. I look at the way in which the false self may emerge …
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A COMPARISON OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING BETWEEN ADOPTED AND INSTITUTION-REARED CHILDREN IN CHILE
… 4-9 years. Children’s psychological problems and attachment difficulties were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Relationship Problems Questionnaire, respectively, completed by adoptive parents or caregivers and teachers. Cognitive functioning was assessed using …
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Consume happy: the relationship with food for fat women with a history of early psychological adversity
… that has its roots in the early trauma and attachment difficulties. This research proposes that the cumulative effect of the multiple ongoing traumas and challenges of an emotionally disadvantaged early caregiving system, laid the foundation for a complex relationship with food in adulthood. …
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Clinical Perspectives on the Assessment and Diagnosis of Social and Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Children
… deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and attachment-related conditions. This work is designed to reflect a hypothetical child or family’s pathway through services starting with a query of ASD, moving to differential conceptualisation of ADHD and attachment-related difficulties. First, a …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of adults’ accounts of the lived experience of parental death in adolescence
… emotions. This could be attributed to their difficulties with grief expression, lack of support in both aiding their grief and helping the development of these regulatory skills. Emotional regulatory difficulties could also be symptomatic of their unique developmental period. Participants …
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The experiences of foster parents who have been through therapeutic training
… examples of self- harm, soiling, trauma, attachment difficulties, dissociation, dissociative identity disorder, aggression, destruction of property, executive functioning difficulties and the dynamics of abuse being brought into their homes. Participants also talked about why they had …