2019
Personality Organization and Maternal Addiction: A Structural-Developmental Psychodynamic Contribution
Alvarez-Monjaras M, Rutherford H, Mayes L. Personality Organization and Maternal Addiction: A Structural-Developmental Psychodynamic Contribution. Psychoanalytic Psychology 2019, 36: 321-327. DOI: 10.1037/pap0000274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersonality developmentTwo-polarities modelNormal crisisMaternal addictionChallenges of parenthoodPoor developmental outcomesSubstance use disordersNeural changesObject relationsDevelopmental outcomesPersonality organizationPsychodynamic contributionsUse disordersReview of evidenceAddictionMultiple perspectivesParenthoodPersonalityNegative impactBlattMotherhoodParentsChildrenDisordersAttention
2017
The Transition to Motherhood: Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Perspectives
von Mohr M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. The Transition to Motherhood: Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Perspectives. The Psychoanalytic Study Of The Child 2017, 70: 154-173. DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2016.1277905.Peer-Reviewed Original Research