@article{ref1,
title="Intercepting the intergenerational cycle of maternal trauma and loss through mother-infant psychotherapy: A case study using attachment-derived methods",
journal="Clinical child psychology and psychiatry",
year="2013",
author="Belt, Ritva H. and Kouvo, Anna and Flykt, Marjo and Punamäki, Raija-Leena and Haltigan, John D. and Biringen, Zeynep and Tamminen, Tuula",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="100-120",
abstract="Some mothers who have recently lost a significant attachment figure may become mentally incoherent and sporadically even enter a trancelike, dissociative state. Such states of mind have been shown to predict infant attachment disorganization. Infants born close to the time of a parental loss are at a greater risk for intergenerational trauma. A background of maternal substance abuse is also known to increase such risk. We illustrate by way of a case study how a mother-infant group psychotherapy programme aimed at substance-abusing mothers may help to prevent the transmission of mother's unresolved trauma to the infant. Another goal was to discuss how attachment-derived methods (namely, Adult Attachment Interview, Strange Situation Procedure and the Emotional Availability Scales) may aid in understanding the effects of the intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1045",
doi="10.1177/1359104512444116",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104512444116"
}