Prevention, the appropriate target of infant psychotherapy
✍ Scribed by Peter Fonagy
- Book ID
- 101244192
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the case for preventive interventions in infancy aimed at the reduction of childhood psychopathology. The paper considers the terminology of prevention and the case for prevention in infancy. It is argued that increased knowledge concerning the developmental pathways involved in many psychological disorders opens the door to prevention initiatives. An overview of recent prevention trials is provided and the implications from treatment evaluation studies are explored. The case for prevention of conduct disorders is taken as an illustration of the potential for interventions in infancy. A developmental model of conduct disorder implicates a vicious cycle of parent-child interactions, a process that may arguably be preempted by early intervention. Three modalities are considered in detail:
parent training; enhancement of attachment security; and (c) the facilitation of (a) early (b) the the development of reflective function. Studies in each of these areas are reviewed. The paper concludes that increased emphasis on the prevention aspect of infant mental health interventions is justified and desirable.
RESUMEN: El objetivo de este ensayo es evaluar el caso de las intervenciones preventivas en la infancia dirigidas a la reduccio ´n de la sicopatologı ´a de la nin ˜ez. El estudio considera la terminologı ´a de prevencio ´n y el caso de la prevencio ´n en la infancia. Se discute que el aumento en el conocimiento concerniente a las vı ´as de desarrollo que tienen que ver con muchos trastornos sicolo ´gicos, abre la puerta a las iniciativas de prevencio ´n. Se provee una revisio ´n global de procesos recientes de prevencio ´n y se exploran las implicaciones para los estudios sobre la evaluacio ´n del tratamiento. El caso de prevencio ´n de trastornos de conducta se toma a manera de ilustracio ´n de las posibilidades de intervenciones en la infancia. Un modelo de desarrollo de trastornos de conducta conlleva un ciclo vicioso de las interacciones padre/ madre-nin ˜o, un proceso que pudiera discutiblemente ser agotado previamente por medio de una temprana intervencio ´n. Tres modalidades son consideradas en detalle: a) un temprano entrenamiento del padre o la madre; b) el acrecentamiento de la seguridad en la unio ´n afectiva; y c) el facilitamiento del desarrollo de la funcio ´n de reflexio ´n. Se revisan algunos estudios en cada una de estas a ´reas. El ensayo concluye
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