2023
Enhancing parental reflective functioning: A special tribute to the life and work of Nancy E. Suchman, PhD
Borelli J, DeCoste C, McMahon T. Enhancing parental reflective functioning: A special tribute to the life and work of Nancy E. Suchman, PhD. Infant Mental Health Journal 2023, 44: 137-141. PMID: 36857483, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22049.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2017
Does improvement in maternal attachment representations predict greater maternal sensitivity, child attachment security and lower rates of relapse to substance use? A second test of Mothering from the Inside Out treatment mechanisms
Suchman NE, DeCoste C, Borelli JL, McMahon TJ. Does improvement in maternal attachment representations predict greater maternal sensitivity, child attachment security and lower rates of relapse to substance use? A second test of Mothering from the Inside Out treatment mechanisms. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2017, 85: 21-30. PMID: 29291768, PMCID: PMC5753433, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2017.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal reflective functioningMental representationsReflective functioningChild attachment securityChildren's attachment statusSubstance useGreater maternal sensitivityMaternal attachment representationsMechanisms of changeAttachment representationsAttachment securityCaregiving representationsParenting outcomesMaternal sensitivityTherapist fidelityAttachment statusTreatment componentsMaternal mentalizingTests of mechanismsIntervention developmentYoung childrenAddiction treatmentFuture researchTreatment mechanismsFunctioningMothering From the Inside Out: Results of a second randomized clinical trial testing a mentalization-based intervention for mothers in addiction treatment
Suchman NE, DeCoste CL, McMahon TJ, Dalton R, Mayes LC, Borelli J. Mothering From the Inside Out: Results of a second randomized clinical trial testing a mentalization-based intervention for mothers in addiction treatment. Development And Psychopathology 2017, 29: 617-636. PMID: 28401850, PMCID: PMC5407293, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579417000220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond randomized clinical trialRandomized clinical trialsMother-child interaction qualityClinical trialsYoung childrenMaternal reflective functioningAddiction treatmentMentalization-based interventionsHistory of alcoholActive control comparisonsMonths of agePE mothersChronic substance usePE cohortParent educationSubstance misuseProtective factorsAddiction severityIndividual therapySubstance useReflective functioningPsychological deficitsDrug addictionMothersMother-child interaction