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 analysisDisordersThe role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news
Tanzer M, Campbell C, Saunders R, Booker T, Luyten P, Fonagy P. The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news. PLOS Global Public Health 2024, 4: e0003941. PMID: 39630644, PMCID: PMC11616851, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpistemic trustField of developmental psychopathologyExposure to childhood adversityFake newsConspiracy thinkingDevelopmental psychopathologyChildhood adversityInterpersonal processesPsychological resilienceSocial functioningConspiracy beliefsEffect sizeEpistemic disruptionPsychopathologyNewsCredulityConspiracyParental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
Wildner A, Küçükakyüz S, Marx A, Nolte T, Reck C, Fonagy P, Luyten P, von Tettenborn A, Müller M, Zietlow A, Woll-Weber C. Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314074. PMID: 39630624, PMCID: PMC11616854, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental Reflective Functioning QuestionnaireReflective Functioning QuestionnaireParental reflective functioningMental healthMental statesChild mental healthReflective functioningParental attachment dimensionsInfant attachment statusFunction QuestionnaireMothers of childrenSelf-report measuresGerman validation studyThree-factor structureConfirmatory factor analysisAttachment dimensionsConcurrent validityCommunity sampleAttachment statusEmotional availabilityGerman adaptationParenting stressAssess model fitOriginal validationCronbach's aEditorial Perspective: A systems approach to addressing young people's mental health
Hobbs T, Berry V, Fonagy P. Editorial Perspective: A systems approach to addressing young people's mental health. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39586677, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBeyond Descriptive Models of Personality Problems
Zavlis O, Fonagy P. Beyond Descriptive Models of Personality Problems. Journal Of Personality Assessment 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-4. PMID: 39576884, DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2024.2430322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPressing need for clinical trial research on dimensional personality disorder
Zavlis O, Luyten P, Pilling S, Fonagy P. Pressing need for clinical trial research on dimensional personality disorder. The Lancet Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39581199, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(24)00365-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhat 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, ahead-of-print: 1-37. 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 facetsMental healthcare in paediatric epilepsy clinics: implementation by non-mental health professionals
Coughtrey A, Bennett S, Stanick C, Chorpita B, Dalrymple E, Fonagy P, Cross J, Ford T, Heyman I, Moss-Morris R, Jetha P, Myles-Hooton P, Shafran R. Mental healthcare in paediatric epilepsy clinics: implementation by non-mental health professionals. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2024, 8: e002973. PMID: 39557540, PMCID: PMC11574424, DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaediatric epilepsy clinicsMental health interventionsHealthcare professionalsHealth interventionsImplementation of mental health interventionsEvidence-based mental health interventionsBarriers to effective careNon-mental health professionalsCognitive behavioral therapy interventionPaediatric epilepsy servicesTrained healthcare professionalsEpilepsy clinicMental health experiencesMental health needsMental health disordersBehavioral therapy interventionSupervision packageMental healthcareTherapy interventionsEffective careHealth experiencesHealth professionalsHealth needsHealth disordersMICE protocolMore than Meets the “I”: A Panoramic View of Epistemic Trust in Psychotherapy
Fisher S, Fonagy P, Zilcha-Mano S. More than Meets the “I”: A Panoramic View of Epistemic Trust in Psychotherapy. Psychopathology 2024, 1-14. PMID: 39467536, DOI: 10.1159/000541667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTherapist's contributionEpistemic trustTherapeutic relationshipState-like changesInterpersonal Functioning ScaleWorking Alliance ScaleState-like componentsAlliance ScalePsychotherapy sessionsAttachment orientationsTrait-likePatient attributesTherapists' useTherapeutic changeTreatment focusPersonal relevanceTherapistsEmpirical supportFunctional scalesTreatment periodPsychotherapyInterpersonalClinical pictureScaleEmpirical implicationsPredicting criminal offence in adolescents who exhibit antisocial behaviour: a machine learning study using data from a large randomised controlled trial of multisystemic therapy
Suh J, Saunders R, Simes E, Delamain H, Butler S, Cottrell D, Kraam A, Scott S, Goodyer I, Wason J, Pilling S, Fonagy P. Predicting criminal offence in adolescents who exhibit antisocial behaviour: a machine learning study using data from a large randomised controlled trial of multisystemic therapy. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39377792, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-024-02592-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal mind-mindedness and infant oxytocin are interrelated and negatively associated with postnatal depression.
Lindley Baron-Cohen K, Fearon P, Meins E, Feldman R, Hardiman P, Rosan C, Fonagy P. Maternal mind-mindedness and infant oxytocin are interrelated and negatively associated with postnatal depression. Development And Psychopathology 2024, 1-12. PMID: 39363731, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579424001585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal mind-mindednessMind-mindednessMind-related commentsStudy 1Study 2Mothers' appropriate mind-related commentsLevels of mind-mindednessMothers' caregiving representationsPostnatal depressionSymptoms of depressionParent-child interactionsChildren's social developmentEffects of OTParent-child relationshipMaternal depression scoresChildren's early developmentSample of mothersCaregiving representationsChild OT levelsSalivary OTDepression scoresOT levelsMaternal-infant attachmentPlacebo-controlledDepressionHow does Kailo work to improve adolescent mental health? A developmental realist evaluation protocol
Kennedy L, March A, Harris J, Allen K, Hanley Santos G, Davies K, Malhotra T, Joshi K, Hobbs T, Fonagy P, Pilling S, Berry V. How does Kailo work to improve adolescent mental health? A developmental realist evaluation protocol. Wellcome Open Research 2024, 9: 547. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22946.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent mental healthImprove adolescent mental healthProgramme theoryMental healthPoor adolescent mental healthGroup discussionsEvaluating complex interventionsMixed-methods evaluationPilot sitesImprove public healthCommunity-centred researchFocus group discussionsSemi-structured interviewsComplex interventionsSocial determinantsRealist synthesisConventional interventionsTheory-based evaluationHealthPublic healthSystemic factorsInterventionYoung peopleProgrammeComplex systems approachTreatment “non-responders”: the experience of short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy among depressed adolescents, their parents and therapists
Fiorini G, Khoe Z, Fonagy P, Midgley N. Treatment “non-responders”: the experience of short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy among depressed adolescents, their parents and therapists. Frontiers In Psychology 2024, 15: 1389833. PMID: 39364088, PMCID: PMC11447700, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1389833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort-term psychoanalytic psychotherapyPsychoanalytic psychotherapyShort-term psychotherapyTreatment non-responseEvidence-based treatmentsDepressed adolescentsPsychotherapyTherapy processShort-term treatmentYoung peopleTherapistsNon-respondersDescriptive-interpretive approachTreatment approachesNegative viewsAdolescentsNon-responseParentsPerspectives of young peopleDepressionPeopleSemi-structured interviewsStudy findingsFindingsPoor experienceBreaking the cycle with trauma-focused mentalization-based treatment: theory and practice of a trauma-focused group intervention
Smits M, de Vos J, Rüfenacht E, Nijssens L, Shaverin L, Nolte T, Luyten P, Fonagy P, Bateman A. Breaking the cycle with trauma-focused mentalization-based treatment: theory and practice of a trauma-focused group intervention. Frontiers In Psychology 2024, 15: 1426092. PMID: 39346509, PMCID: PMC11427379, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1426092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentalization-based treatmentImpact of traumaAdaptations of MBTGroup interventionBorderline personality pathologyTrauma-focused group interventionAttachment behavioral systemNegative perceptions of selfImpaired mental abilityClinical case examplesEffects of traumaPerceptions of selfPersonality pathologyAttachment traumaMental abilityMental perspectiveComplex traumaAvoidance behaviorEpistemic trustRelational difficultiesDissociative experiencesBehavioral systemsTreatment phaseCase examplePost-traumaMentalization-based interventions in schools for enhancing socio-emotional competencies and positive behaviour: a systematic review
Chelouche-Dwek G, Fonagy P. Mentalization-based interventions in schools for enhancing socio-emotional competencies and positive behaviour: a systematic review. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 1-21. PMID: 39264381, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-024-02578-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health outcomesMentalization-based interventionsNational Institutes of HealthHealth outcomesPositive mental health outcomesSystematic reviewInclusion criteriaMental health of childrenAged 6Heterogeneity of study designsQuality assessment toolSchool-based interventionsHealth of childrenStudents aged 6Lack of control groupsRisk of biasChildren aged 6Target age groupPeer-reviewed publicationsRandomized controlled trialsSocio-emotional competenciesSchool-aged childrenWeb of ScienceWell-designed randomized controlled trialsInstitutes of HealthMentalizing individuals, families and systems: Towards a translational socioecological approach
Luyten P, Malcorps S, Bateman A, Fonagy P. Mentalizing individuals, families and systems: Towards a translational socioecological approach. Psychology And Psychotherapy Theory Research And Practice 2024, 97: 105-113. PMID: 39239982, DOI: 10.1111/papt.12544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentalization-based treatmentMentalization-based approachBorderline personality disorderPersonality disorderEpistemic trustSocioecological approachMentalMental approachMental individualitySociocultural factorsClinical practiceIndividualsDisordersBorderlineSpectrum of interventionsResearchCentral focusInterventionTreatmentTrust under development: The Italian validation of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) for adolescents
Milesi A, Liotti M, Locati F, De Carli P, Speranza A, Campbell C, Fonagy P, Lingiardi V, Parolin L. Trust under development: The Italian validation of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) for adolescents. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0307229. PMID: 39186540, PMCID: PMC11346731, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-report instrumentEpistemic trustContext of personality disordersConcept of epistemic trustDevelopment of mental disordersPersonality disorderEmotion dysregulationMeasure mentalizingMental disordersPsychological functioningItalian validationMental healthPsychopathologyAdolescent populationInterpersonal trustAdolescentsDisordersResearch contextEmpirical validationHigh schoolItalian adult populationAdult populationMentalQuestionnaireValidityHuman adolescent brain similarity development is different for paralimbic versus neocortical zones
Dorfschmidt L, Váša F, White S, Romero-García R, Kitzbichler M, Alexander-Bloch A, Cieslak M, Mehta K, Satterthwaite T, Consortium T, Bethlehem R, Seidlitz J, Vértes P, Bullmore E, Bullmore E, Dolan R, Goodyer I, Fonagy P, Jones P, Moutoussis M, Hauser T, Neufeld S, Romero-Garcia R, St Clair M, Vértes P, Whitaker K, Inkster B, Prabhu G, Ooi C, Toseeb U, Widmer B, Bhatti J, Villis L, Alrumaithi A, Birt S, Bowler A, Cleridou K, Dadabhoy H, Davies E, Firkins A, Granville S, Harding E, Hopkins A, Isaacs D, King J, Kokorikou D, Maurice C, McIntosh C, Memarzia J, Mills H, O’Donnell C, Pantaleone S, Scott J, Kiddle B, Polek E, Fearon P, Suckling J, van Harmelen A, Kievit R, Chamberlain S, Bethlehem R. Human adolescent brain similarity development is different for paralimbic versus neocortical zones. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2314074121. PMID: 39121162, PMCID: PMC11331068, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2314074121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMorphometric similarity networksFunctional connectivityNeocortical areasCortical areasFunctional MRI scansCourse of adolescenceAccelerated longitudinal designMagnetic resonance imagingStructure-function couplingCingulate cortexParalimbic areasInteroceptive functionAssociated with increased strengthIncreased hubnessFMRI networksStructural scansLongitudinal designCortical thinningDevelopment of human brainAdolescent developmentMorphometric similarityHealthy adolescentsAssociated with reduced strengthHuman brainCortexLinking mentalizing capacity, shame, and depressive symptoms in the context of childhood maltreatment
Schwarzer N, Nolte T, Fonagy P, Feigenbaum J, King-Casas B, Rüfenacht E, Gingelmaier S, Leibowitz J, Pilling S, Montague P, Network L. Linking mentalizing capacity, shame, and depressive symptoms in the context of childhood maltreatment. Children And Youth Services Review 2024, 163: 107787. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExperiences of childhood maltreatmentFeelings of shameChildhood maltreatmentDepressive symptomsMental capacityContext of childhood maltreatmentNon-clinical participantsPredictors of depressive symptomsDomains of depressionCurrent depressive symptomsHistory of maltreatmentReducing depressive symptomsReduce feelings of shameSample of adultsMental health problemsPsychological treatmentStructural equation modelingMetacognitive processesCross-sectional designMaltreatmentMentalReduce feelingsShameImpairmentResults AssociationsWHO treatment guideline for mental disorders
Leichsenring F, Abbass A, Fonagy P, Levy K, Lilliengren P, Luyten P, Midgley N, Milrod B, Steinert C. WHO treatment guideline for mental disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry 2024, 11: 676-677. PMID: 39067469, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(24)00169-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research