TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Intercepting the intergenerational cycle of maternal trauma and loss through mother-infant psychotherapy: A case study using attachment-derived methods
JO  - Clinical child psychology and psychiatry
A1  - Belt, Ritva H.
A1  - Kouvo, Anna
A1  - Flykt, Marjo
A1  - Punamäki, Raija-Leena
A1  - Haltigan, John D.
A1  - Biringen, Zeynep
A1  - Tamminen, Tuula
SP  - 100
EP  - 120
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1045
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104512444116
ID  - ref1
ER  -