Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health A guide to clinical practice [Hardcover]

In the fifty years since its inception, John Bowlbys attachment theory has been powerfully influential on developmental psychology and, more recently, mental health. Bringing together the experience of a diverse range of mental health practitioners and researchers who routinely use attachment theory in their own work, Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Healthprovides a guide to using attachment theory in everyday practice.

Adam N. Danquah andKatherine Berry present a wide-ranging and practical approach to the topic which includes studies on clinical practice, the provision of mental health services and accommodating intercultural perspectives.Section Onecovers the basics of attachment theory and practice. Section Twopresents clinical problems and presentations including, among others, the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, personality disorder and eating disorders. Section Threeaddresses the needs of specific populations, discussing the influence of sociocultural factors like gender, ethnicity and age. Finally, Section Fourexamines the organisation and the practitioner, including using the theory to organise services and how individual therapists can integrate their own attachment histories into their approach.

Including the most up-to-date theories and practice in the field, Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health is ideal for psychologists and psychological therapists, counsellors, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, social workers and mental health service managers and commissioners.

List of Figures. Contributors. Acknowledgements. Foreword by Brent Mallinckrodt. Section 1: Attachment Theory and Practice  The Basics. Section 2: Clinical Problems and Presentations. Section 3: Specific Populations. Section 4: The Organisation and the Individual PractlCå