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  • Inherent commonalities between arts-based leisure activities and psychological therapies

    This paper examines how engagement in arts-based leisure activities can support the cognitive, emotional, social and behavioural processes linked to mental health conditions. It highlights similarities with psychological therapies.

    Authors: Fancourt D., Karkou V., Fonagy P.

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  • Epistemic trust and Mentalization-Based Treatment for parents: a theory-testing case study

    This study examines how a specialised therapy programme helped a parent who often deeply distrusted the guidance and support of others, due to past trauma and mental ill-health.

    Authors: Watson, P., Fiorini, G., McGuire, R. et al.

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  • Cost-utility analysis of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme to reduce perinatal psychopathology in birthing parents in England

    This study aimed to estimate the cost-utility of COS-P plus treatment as usual (TAU) relative to TAU among mothers and birthing parents receiving NHS perinatal mental health services (PMHS) in England.

    Authors: Wang, J., Pizzo, E., Rosan, C., et al.

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  • Acceptability of Circle of Security-Parenting groups in NHS community perinatal mental health services in England

    This qualitative study analysed the perspectives of parents and practitioners in the intervention arm of a wider randomised controlled trial.

    Authors: Darwin, Z., Richards, L., Clarke, A., et al.

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  • Assessing epistemic trust in common mental health disorders

    This study aimed to validate the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) clinically and explore the relationship between epistemic attitudes, mentalizing, and mental health problems.

    Authors: Kumpasoğlu, G. B., Campbell, C., Saunders, R., et al.

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  • Clinical effectiveness of the Circle of Security-Parenting group intervention for birthing parents in perinatal mental health services in England (COSI)

    This study aimed to evaluate whether the hybrid delivery of COS-P plus treatment-as-usual reduces psychopathology in birthing parents accessing National Health Service community perinatal mental health services.

    Authors: Rosan, C., Alyousefi-van Dijk, K., Cornelius, V., et al.

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  • Maternal mind-mindedness and infant oxytocin are interrelated and negatively associated with postnatal depression

    This study aims to investigate the relation between maternal mind-mindedness and oxytocin in mothers and their infant.

    Authors: Lindley Baron-Cohen, K., Fearon, P., Meins, E., et al.

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  • Correction: Mentalization for Offending Adult Males (MOAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate mentalization-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder in male offenders on community probation

    A correction to the original article after an error has come to light regarding the primary endpoint.

    Authors: Fonagy, P., Yakeley, J., Gardner, T., et al.

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  • Mentalizing, epistemic trust and interpersonal problems in emotion regulation: A sequential path analysis across common mental health disorders and community control samples

    This study aims to examine the roles of epistemic trust and interpersonal problems in driving the association between mentalizing and emotion regulation, contrasting clinical and non-clinical populations.

    Authors: Kumpasoğlu, G. B., Saunders, R., Campbell, C., et al.

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