2025
Attachment and epistemic trust in junior and senior university students: The mediating role of affect regulation and mentalizing. Who is at risk?
Karagiannopoulou E, Lianos P, Andriopoulou P, Rentzios C, Fonagy P. Attachment and epistemic trust in junior and senior university students: The mediating role of affect regulation and mentalizing. Who is at risk? PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0304749. PMID: 40802680, PMCID: PMC12349075, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttachment orientationsEpistemic trustEmotion regulationAvoidant attachment orientationAnxious attachment orientationPsychological mindednessLate adolescenceMediation patternMental statesCognitive capacityPsychological capacitiesMental healthAt-risk groupsEmotional factorsUndergraduate studentsUniversity studentsSenior studentsPreventive interventionsAt-riskFostering environmentsMentalFirst-year studentsPositive learning experienceSenior university studentsUndergraduateAssessing mentalization in practice: Reliability of the mentalization‐based treatment research adherence and competence scale
Yirmiya K, Marjoribanks S, Fonagy P, Bateman A. Assessing mentalization in practice: Reliability of the mentalization‐based treatment research adherence and competence scale. British Journal Of Clinical Psychology 2025 PMID: 40785276, DOI: 10.1111/bjc.70010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentalization-based treatmentIntraclass correlation coefficientIndividual sessionsClinical supervisionCompetence ScaleAdherence instrumentInter-rater reliabilityFidelity assessmentMethodological rigorSessionsInter-rater agreementInter-RaterTreatment efficacyConceptual limitationsAdherenceAssessment approachMentalRatersScaleResearch purposesRobust reliabilityCorrelation coefficientTargeted feedbackReliabilityCoderMentalizing Across the Psychosis Continuum in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Salaminios G, Hazlitt A, Fonagy P, Debbané M, Nolte T. Mentalizing Across the Psychosis Continuum in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2025, sbaf095. PMID: 40635557, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychosis continuumMental difficultiesPsychosis expressionCHR-PYoung adulthoodAdult samplesDiagnosis of psychotic disorderCHR-P samplesClinical-high riskYoung adult samplePsychosis samplePsychotic disordersPsychosis prodromeEpisode psychosisCommunity samplePsychotic manifestationsPsychosisMental dysfunctionIntervention targetsEarly courseMentalMental impairmentYoung adultsSynthesis of findingsAdolescentsAlcohol Use Disorder Treatment Availability at Mental Health Treatment Facilities
Busch S, Fiellin D, Iida K, Gannon K, Weimer M, Hockenberry J. Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Availability at Mental Health Treatment Facilities. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2520409. PMID: 40658421, PMCID: PMC12260999, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.20409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResilience and mentalizing as distinct moderators of psychological protection: A study on mental health workers during the coronavirus pandemic
Zavlis O, Ebrahimi O, Puhlmann L, Zerban M, Lassri D, Desatnik A, Lorenzini N, Kiselnikova N, Fonagy P, Kalisch R, Nolte T. Resilience and mentalizing as distinct moderators of psychological protection: A study on mental health workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2025, 390: 119776. PMID: 40592411, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.119776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health workersFacets of self-compassionCOVID-19 stressorsProtective factorsPsychometric networkPsychotherapy professionSelf-CompassionNegative emotionsModerate patternPsychological challengesMultinational sampleMentalPsychological protectionModerating effectFoster wellbeingNegative relationPositive relationModeratelyPersonal crisisRisk factorsPsychotherapyResilienceEmotionsHealth workersStressorsAdvocacy in Practice: The Role of Mental Health Providers in Creating Systems of Support for Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth
Olezeski C, Meade N, Ralston A. Advocacy in Practice: The Role of Mental Health Providers in Creating Systems of Support for Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth. Evidence-Based Practice In Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2025.2491062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraining in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Lafont E, Sheppe A, Malberg N, Rice T. Training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Child And Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2025, 34: 493-509. PMID: 40516958, DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2025.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychodynamic psychotherapy trainingTransference-Focused PsychotherapyPsychodynamic psychotherapy treatmentPsychodynamic psychotherapyPsychotherapy trainingPsychotherapy treatmentImprove behavioral outcomesPsychotherapyContemporary psychiatryBehavioral outcomesPsychiatric trainingEvidence-based approachChildrenPsychopharmacologyPsychodynamicsPsychiatryResidency training requirementsMentalAdolescentsTrainingShort-termTraining requirementsPersonal interestsSupervisorsEpistemic mistrust mediates the association between childhood maltreatment and impairments in mentalizing in a sample of university students
Schwarzer N, Behringer N, Dees P, Gingelmaier S, Henter M, Kirsch H, Kreuzer T, Langnickel R, Link P, Müller S, Turner A, Fonagy P, Nolte T. Epistemic mistrust mediates the association between childhood maltreatment and impairments in mentalizing in a sample of university students. Child Abuse & Neglect 2025, 163: 107436. PMID: 40168917, DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperiences of childhood maltreatmentAttachment insecurityEpistemic mistrustChildhood maltreatmentMental abilitySample of university studentsChildhood maltreatment experiencesImprove mentalizing abilitiesYoung adultsMental health developmentCross-sectional study designCross-sectional naturePsychotherapeutic interventionsMaltreatment experiencesStructural equation modelingMental deficitsPsychosocial functioningPsychosocial interventionsSelf-ReportMaltreatmentMentalMental impairmentAssociated with limitationsUniversity studentsHealth developmentCorrection: Mentalization for Offending Adult Males (MOAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate mentalization-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder in male offenders on community probation
Fonagy P, Yakeley J, Gardner T, Simes E, McMurran M, Moran P, Crawford M, Frater A, Barrett B, Cameron A, Wason J, Pilling S, Butler S, Bateman A. Correction: Mentalization for Offending Adult Males (MOAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate mentalization-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder in male offenders on community probation. Trials 2025, 26: 87. PMID: 40082943, PMCID: PMC11907891, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-08729-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpilogue: the formidable human need to “not know”
Amir D, Chefetz R, Costanzo A, Cundy P, Joiner T, Robison M, Şar V, Santoro G, Schimmenti A, Shahar G, Soffer-Dudek N, Somer E. Epilogue: the formidable human need to “not know”. 2025, 227-230. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject relations theoristsTrait dissociationFragmentation of consciousnessDissociative patientsMaladaptive daydreamingEarly traumaMetapsychological frameworkSuicide attemptsPsychodynamic perspectiveExperiences of detachmentSubstance abuseDissociative phenomenaState dissociationPsychological dynamicsTherapeutic actionMentalPrimary correlateMainstream psychoanalysisRelations theoristsClinical fragmentsPsychotherapyClinical practiceEmpirical researchDaydreamingDepressionOpen Access: Addressing dissociation symptoms with trauma-focused mentalization-based treatment
Rüfenacht E, Shaverin L, Stubley J, Smits M, Bateman A, Fonagy P, Luyten P. Open Access: Addressing dissociation symptoms with trauma-focused mentalization-based treatment. 2025, 173-197. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentalization-based treatmentDissociative symptomsHistory of traumatic experiencesPost-traumatic stress symptomsExpressions of dissociationMental health careMentalization theoryStress symptomsTraumatic experiencesTreatment approachesSymptomsMentalTherapeutic objectivesHealth careClinical settingClinical symptomsAttachmentDissociationCharacteristics of Adults Treated at Mental Health Treatment Centers in the US, 2022
Busch S, Hockenberry J, Newton H. Characteristics of Adults Treated at Mental Health Treatment Centers in the US, 2022. JAMA Psychiatry 2025, 82: 206-208. PMID: 39602152, PMCID: PMC11603377, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental Health After Mass Shootings: Research Findings and Clinical Considerations
Lowe S, Márquez-Greene N, Ranney M. Mental Health After Mass Shootings: Research Findings and Clinical Considerations. Journal Of Health Service Psychology 2025, 51: 5-13. DOI: 10.1007/s42843-025-00125-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental healthAdverse mental health outcomesMental health outcomesPsychological first aidMental health consequencesEvidence-based assessmentClinical case studyPoor mental healthLow symptomsMass shootingsHealth outcomesKey themesFirst aidClinical considerationsEmpirical literatureRisk factorsEthical challengesResearch findingsPTSDHealthPsychologyTherapistsMentalUnited StatesOutcomesAn exploration of the relationship between ineffective modes of mentalization and difficulties related to borderline personality disorder: A network approach
Asztalos L, Senra H, O'Driscoll C, Feigenbaum J, Griem J, King-Casas B, Consortium L, Nolte T, Pratt R, Vaziri F, Montague R, Fonagy P. An exploration of the relationship between ineffective modes of mentalization and difficulties related to borderline personality disorder: A network approach. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2025, 374: 225-234. PMID: 39798709, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBorderline personality disorderBorderline personality disorder diagnosisPersonality disorderMental modeInterpersonal functioningMixed Graphical ModelsClinical groupsStudy evaluated associationsHypermentalizationMentalHypomentalizationModerating variableSecondary data analysisMental challengesDisordersNetwork analysis approachSignificant linkCross-sectional secondary data analysisIndividualsBorderlineDifficultiesMASCCommunity groupsHypothesisGroupRelate-Youth (Relate-Y): An Integrative, Relationship Focused Training to Strengthen the Youth-Therapist Alliance – Background and Development
Cirasola A, Fonagy P. Relate-Youth (Relate-Y): An Integrative, Relationship Focused Training to Strengthen the Youth-Therapist Alliance – Background and Development. Journal Of Infant Child And Adolescent Psychotherapy 2025, 24: 34-53. DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2025.2473326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlliance-focused trainingTherapeutic allianceMental health professionalsPsychotherapy researchYouth psychotherapyPsychotherapy approachesMentalization theoryDevelopmental psychologyPsychotherapyYoung peopleTherapistsEmpirical foundationMentalMental frameworkContemporary researchFocus trainingHealth professionalsAlliancePsychologyTraining opportunitiesTrainingPractice settingsCore componentsDiverse practice settingsYouth
2024
Mentalizing, epistemic trust and interpersonal problems in emotion regulation: A sequential path analysis across common mental health disorders and community control samples
Kumpasoğlu G, Saunders R, Campbell C, Nolte T, Montague R, Pilling S, Leibowitz J, Fonagy P. Mentalizing, epistemic trust and interpersonal problems in emotion regulation: A sequential path analysis across common mental health disorders and community control samples. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 372: 502-511. PMID: 39694336, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal problemsEmotion regulationEmotion dysregulationSequential mediation analysisMental health disordersEpistemic trustMediation analysisCross-sectional design prevents causal inferencesAssociated with emotion dysregulationMultiple mental health disordersHealth disordersCommunity control sampleEffective emotion regulationNon-clinical populationsModerated mediation analysisSample recruitment methodPsychological functioningSocial-communicative aspectsGroup differencesEmotionsMentalPath analysisStudy limitationsSequential path analysisDisordersMentalizing, Epistemic Trust, and the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy.
Campbell C, Kumpasoğlu G, Fonagy P. Mentalizing, Epistemic Trust, and the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy. Psychodynamic Psychiatry 2024, 52: 435-451. PMID: 39679701, DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2024.52.4.435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpistemic trustActive ingredients of psychotherapyModels of psychopathologyTheory of mentalizationAssociated with difficultiesPsychotherapeutic approachesPsychotherapeutic interventionsOstensive cuesPsychological disordersDevelopmental trajectoriesMental failureDevelopmental theorySocial functioningCaregiver interactionsEpistemic disruptionMentalTherapeutic settingPsychotherapyIndividual's abilitySocial experienceSocial environmentEvolutionary theoryCultural transmissionMental modelsPsychopathologyMentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescent Depression.
Luyten P, Malcorps S, Fonagy P. Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescent Depression. Psychodynamic Psychiatry 2024, 52: 490-511. PMID: 39679698, DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2024.52.4.490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMentalization-based treatmentHistory of attachment traumaSeverity of depressionTreatment of depressionTreatment of adolescentsMental health problemsLong-term impairmentAttachment traumaAdolescent depressionPsychological interventionsMental perspectiveDepressionAdolescentsMental approachSpectrum of severityMentalMeta-analysesSevere endHealth problemsRelated problemsEmpirical evidenceImpairmentPersonsThoughtsTreatmentWhat do we know about parental embodied mentalizing? A systematic review of the construct, assessment, empirical findings, gaps and further steps
Aras A, Fonagy P, Campbell C, Rosan C. What do we know about parental embodied mentalizing? A systematic review of the construct, assessment, empirical findings, gaps and further steps. Attachment & Human Development 2024, 26: 588-624. PMID: 39565089, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2024.2421432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-order cognitive functionsInfants' emotional statesParental mentalizationCognitive processesBehavioral adjustmentCognitive functionEmotional statesCaregiver interactionsMentalCaregiver reactionsBodily expressionsEmpirical findingsImplicit capacityAggregate insightsSystematic narrative reviewImplicit facetsAgeism in the Mental Health Setting
Dix E, Van Dyck L, Adeyemo S, Blazek M, Lehmann S, Singh E, Wilkins K. Ageism in the Mental Health Setting. Current Psychiatry Reports 2024, 26: 583-590. PMID: 39278983, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-024-01531-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health settingsMental health care settingsHealth care settingsHealth settingsCare settingsOlder adultsCombat ageismLong-term careAge-friendly practicesHealthcare traineesHealthcare providersPsychosocial consequencesHealthcare systemPublic policy strategiesHealthcareAgeismReviewThis paperAdultsSetsCareProvidersPolicy strategiesTraineesPrevalenceMental
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