Child Abuse and Neglect Attachment,

This exciting new book offers a survey of the field of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. Using research evidence, this clear, compelling textbook answers the key questions any student or specialist in child welfare would ask.

David Howe works in the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Preface

xiii

Part I Emotions, Attachment and the Psychological Self

1

(66)

Developing Minds in the Context of Close Relationships

3

(8)

Introduction

3

(2)

Maltreating Minds

5

(2)

The Mental Processing of Social Information

7

(4)

Emotions and Mind-Mindedness

11

(16)

Emotions and their Importance in Development, Social Competence and Mental Health

11

(3)

Affect Regulation

14

(1)

Sensitive Caregiving, Intersubjectivity and Mentalization

15

(4)

Mind-Mindedness

19

(7)

Conclusion

26

(1)

Patterns of Attachment

27

(19)

Introduction

27

(1)

Attachment Behaviour

27

(1)

Attachment at the Level of Mental Representation (Internal Working Models)

28

(3)

Secure Attachments

31

(1)

Insecure and Anxious Patterns

32

(2)

Avoidant Attachments

34

(1)

Ambivalent Attachments

35

(2)

Disorganized Attachments

37

(4)

Controlling Behaviours

41

(5)

Defensive Processes, Attachment and Maltreatment

46

(21)

Introduction

46

(2)

Stress

48

(1)

Defensive Exclusion

48

(2)

Cognitive Disconnection (Associated with Ambivalent, Dependent and Preoccupied Attachment Patterns)

50

(5)

Deactivation of Attachment Behaviour (Associated with Avoidant and Dismissing Patterns)

55

(2)

Segregated Representational Systems and Dissociation (Associated with Unresolved and Helpless/Hostile States of Mind, and Disorganized, Out-Of-Control and Dissociated Patterns)

57

(6)

Types of Maltreatment

63

(1)

Conclusion

64

(3)

Part II Abuse

67

(44)

Physical Child Abuse

69

(21)

Introduction

69

(3)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

72

(5)

Children's Behaviour and Development

77

(3)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

80

(2)

Internal Working Model of the Self

82

(1)

Internal Working Model of Others

83

(1)

Internal Working Model of Relationships and How They Work

83

(2)

Bernard (Aged 10 Years)

85

(1)

Fabrication or Induction of Illness (F11) in Children

86

(3)

Physical Abuse: Conclusion

89

(1)

Psychological Maltreatment: Emotional Abuse, Neglect and Rejection

90

(21)

Introduction

90

(1)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

91

(7)

Children's Behaviour and Development

98

(3)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

101

(3)

Internal Working Model of the Self

104

(1)

Internal Working Model of Others

104

(1)

Internal Working Model of Relationships and How They Work

105

(1)

Peter (Aged Five) and Tom (Aged Three)

105

(5)

Conclusion

110

(1)

Part III Neglect

111

(44)

Disorganized Neglect

119

(16)

Introduction

119

(1)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

120

(5)

Children's Behaviour and Development

125

(1)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

126

(3)

Internal Working Model of the Self

129

(1)

Internal Working Model of Others

130

(1)

Internal Working Model of Relationships and How they Work

131

(1)

Liam (Aged Ten) and His Family

132

(2)

Conclusion

134

(1)

Depressed, Passive and Physical Neglect

135

(8)

Introduction

135

(1)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

136

(1)

Children's Behaviour and Development

137

(1)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

138

(1)

Internal Working Model of the Self

139

(1)

Internal Working Model of Others

139

(1)

Internal Working Model of Relationships and How They Work

140

(1)

The Ledward Family

140

(2)

Conclusion

142

(1)

Severe Deprivation and Chronic Neglect Including Institutionalized Care

143

(12)

Introduction

143

(1)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

144

(1)

Children's Behaviour and Development

145

(3)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

148

(2)

Internal Working Model of the Self

150

(1)

The Internal Working Model of Others and Relationships

151

(1)

Georgia

151

(1)

Conclusion

152

(3)

Part IV Compound Cases of Abuse and Neglect

155

(60)

Physical Abuse and Neglect

157

(26)

Introduction

157

(1)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

157

(5)

Children's Behaviour and Development

162

(6)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

168

(3)

Controlling Strategies

171

(3)

Internal Working Model of the Self

174

(2)

Internal Working Model of Others

176

(1)

Internal Working Model of Relationships and How They Work

177

(2)

Kerry (Aged Five) and Luke (Aged Three)

179

(3)

Conclusion

182

(1)

Drugs, Depression and Domestic Violence

183

(16)

Introduction

183

(1)

Substance Abuse

183

(6)

Depression

189

(5)

Domestic Violence

194

(4)

Conclusion

198

(1)

Child Sexual Abuse

199

(16)

Introduction

199

(1)

Characteristics of the Caregiving Environment

200

(3)

Children's Behaviour and Development

203

(5)

The Child's Behaviour and Mental State as an Adaptive, Coping and Survival Strategy

208

(6)

Conclusion

214

(1)

Part V Interventions, Treatment and Support

215

(62)

Parent-Infant and Young Child Interventions

221

(13)

Introduction

221

(1)

Enhancing Parental Sensitivity and Responsiveness at the Behavioural Level

222

(4)

Changing Parents' Behaviour and Mental Representations

226

(3)

Social Support and Improving Parental Well-Being

229

(4)

Conclusion

233

(1)

Interventions with Pre-School and School-Age Children

234

(27)

Introduction

234

(2)

Developmental Age and Chronological Age

236

(3)

Attachment Problems and Types of Treatment

239

(2)

Psychological and Affectively Attuned Interventions

241

(9)

Treatments Based on Affect Attunement and Corrective Emotional Experiences

250

(8)

Attachment Theory and Family Therapy

258

(1)

Conclusion

259

(2)

Interventions with Adolescents, Adults and Parents

261

(16)

Introduction

261

(3)

Making Emotional Contact

264

(4)

Mentalized Affectivity

268

(4)

Attachment Type and Therapeutic Matching

272

(1)

The Opportunistic, Low-Intensity Route to Mentalized Affectivity

273

(1)

Conclusion: Turning Points

274

(3)

Epilogue

277

(2)

Bibliography

279

(26)

Author index

305

(6)

Subject index

311

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