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  • Feasibility and acceptability of the MentiParent AI chatbot for training parental reflective functioning

    This study presents a novel generative AI-based chatbot, MentiParent, designed to enhance Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) through interactive, simulated parent-child interactions.

    Authors: Yirmiya, K., Refoua, E., Truscott, A, et al.

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  • Mentalization-based-treatment techniques across psychodynamic, cognitive and MBT therapies

    This study examined whether therapists from orientations that do not explicitly target mentalizing use interventions consistent with Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), and how their use compares with MBT-oriented therapy.

    Authors: Colli, A., Gullo, S., Gagliardini, G., et al.

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  • Mapping the adolescent mind: Profiles of reflective functioning and epistemic trust in adolescent psychopathology

    This study investigated how configurations of reflective functioning and epistemic trust differentiate patterns of internalising and externalising problems in youth.

    Authors: Benzi, I. M. A., Midgley, N., Ensink, K., et al.

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  • University students' post‐traumatic symptoms in the aftermath of COVID‐19: The mediating role of attachment and epistemic trust

    This study investigated how attachment patterns and epistemic trust mediate the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among university students in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Authors: Andriopoulou, P., Karagiannopoulou, E., Lianos, P., et al.

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  • Addressing the social determinants of youth mental health in Newham and Northern Devon: Reflections on co-design and systems change

    This paper offers reflections on efforts to address social determinants underlying poor wellbeing rates at the local level, drawing on learning from the co-design phase of Kailo, a research and design initiative.

    Authors: Santana de Lima, E., Rehill, N., Potter, K., et al.

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  • Study protocol for a randomised evaluation of a brief psychological intervention for clinically stressed parents of adolescents

    Open Door created the Open Door Approach to Parenting Teenagers (APT), an individual parenting programme for clinically stressed parents of adolescents. This randomised evaluation is a continuation of the preliminary evaluation of APT.

    Authors: Desatnik, A., Jones, C., Fonagy, P., et al.

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  • Universal parenting interventions for parents of adolescents: A systematic review

    This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and retention rates of universal parenting interventions for parents of adolescents and compare various intervention characteristics.

    Authors: Desatnik, A., Kluvitse, S., Francis, L., et al.

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  • Widening access to perinatal mental health group interventions

    This paper offers a framework for widening access to group-based interventions, informed by an analysis of barriers and facilitators to birthing parents accessing the Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) programme.

    Authors: Darwin, Z. J., Field, J., Richards, L., et al.

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  • Parent learning groups in alternative provision

    This study evaluated a weekly parent learning group integrating psychoeducation, mentalization-based practice and peer support, delivered within an alternative provision school.

    Authors: Chelouche-Dwek, G., Fonagy, P.

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