A Matter of Security: The Application of

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 offenders. This book also discusses the development of personality in terms of interpersonal functioning and relationships with others, which is essential to understanding both interpersonal violence and abnormal personality development. Attachment theory also offers a model of therapeutic work with patients that has particular resonance with forensic work because it uses the language of security. The editors have gathered original and previously published works on attachment theory applied to forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy. Practitioners unfamiliar with attachment theory will appreciate the accessibility of this introductory text. At the same time forensic staff familiar

Foreword	p. 7
The Developmental Roots of Violence in the Failure of Mentalization	p. 13
Attachment Representation, Attachment Style or Attachment Pattern? Usage of Terminology in Attachment Theory	p. 57
Fragmented Attachment Representations	p. 85
The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Later Violent Offending: The Application of Attachment Theory in a Probation Setting	p. 109
Three Degrees of Security: Attachment and Forensic Institutions	p. 147
Forensic Mental Health Nursing: Care with Security in Mind	p. 167
Finding a Secure Base: Attachment in Grendon Prison	p. 193
Attachment Representations and Factitious Illness by Proxy: Relevance for Assessment of Parenting Capacity in Child Maltreatment	p. 211
Violence and Attachment: Attachment Styles, Self-regulation and Interpersonal Problems in a Prison Population	p. 225
Attachment Representations and Attachment Styles in Traumatized Women	p. 250
Conclusion: A Matter of Security	p. 260
The Contributors	p. 266
Subject Index	p. 269
Author Index	p. 276
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A Matter of Security: The Application of Attachment Theory to Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

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