Proof of concept of a mind–mindedness intervention for mothers hospitalized for severe mental illness

Abstract

(2017) 'Proof of concept of a mind-mindedness intervention for mothers hospitalized for severe mental illness.', Development and psychopathology., 29 (2). pp. 555-564.Further information on publisher's website: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details.

Parental Embodied Mentalizing and its Relation to Mind‐Mindedness, Sensitivity, and Attachment Security

“…Meins, Fernyhough, Arnott, Turner, and Leekam's () results from a community sample suggested that self‐reported maternal depression was unrelated to mind‐mindedness. However, deficits in mind‐mindedness have been reported in mothers hospitalized for severe mental illness (Pawlby et al., ; Schacht et al., ). For example, Schacht et al.…”

“…Meins, Fernyhough, Arnott, Turner, and Leekam's (2011) results from a community sample suggested that self-reported maternal depression was unrelated to mind-mindedness. However, deficits in mind-mindedness have been reported in mothers hospitalized for severe mental illness (Pawlby et al, 2010;Schacht et al, 2017). For example, Schacht et al found that on admission to hospital, mothers with severe mental illness made significant more nonattuned mind-related comments compared with psychologically healthy controls.…”

Maternal Mind-Mindedness Provides a Buffer for Pre-Adolescents at Risk for Disruptive Behavior

“…For example, mothers suffering from depression have been reported to display low mind-mindedness (Pawlby et al 2010) and so this focus on mind-mindedness may be particularly helpful for interventions designed to support parents with depressive symptoms. Support for this view comes from recent work demonstrating the effectiveness of video-guided feedback to enhance mind-mindedness in parents with depression (Schacht et al 2015). It is also worth noting that, even in the context of family adversity, a sizeable proportion of our study mothers were able to tune into their children’s thoughts and feelings.…”

Predisposing Factors for Elevated Restricted and Repetitive Behavior in Typically Developing Toddlers

“…Parental mind-mindedness in the first year of life has been found to predict a range of relational and cognitive outcomes including attachment security, language ability, theory of mind, and behavioral functioning (Kirk et al, 2015;Laranjo, Bernier, & Meins, 2008;Laranjo, Bernier, Meins, & Carlson, 2010, 2014Lundy, 2003;Meins, 2013;Meins et al, 2002;Meins, Muñoz-Centifanti, Fernyhough, & Fishburn, 2013;Meins, Fernyhough, Arnott, Leekam, & de Rosnay, 2013). There is some evidence that mothers with clinical levels of depression are less likely to comment appropriately on their infants' mental states compared with psychologically healthy mothers (Pawlby et al, 2010), and mothers with severe mental illness have been found to have lower levels of mind-mindedness compared with psychologically healthy controls (Schacht et al, 2017).…”