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  • “You can’t really have a relationship with them because they just ask you questions”: understanding adolescent dropout – an empirical single case study

    This study explored dropout in adolescent psychoanalytic therapy, finding unresolved alliance ruptures, low trust, and minimal parental involvement contributed to poor outcomes.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Szegedi, D., Fonagy, P. et al.

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  • Transference work and the repair of ruptures in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

    This study found that transference work in short-term psychoanalytic therapy can help repair alliance ruptures in adolescent depression, especially when applied flexibly and empathetically.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Heller, O., & Midgley, N.

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  • Using large language models (LLMs) to detect outcomes in qualitative studies of adolescent depression

    This study shows LLMs can identify nuanced therapy outcomes in adolescent depression interviews, enabling finer-grained analysis to support clinical decision-making.

    Authors: Xin, A. W., Nielson, D.M., Krause, K. et al.

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  • The Thoughtful program: a randomized controlled study of a mentalization-based mental health education intervention in a psychiatric outpatient population

    This study tested a low-cost, mentalization-based group programme in psychiatric outpatients. It improved mentalizing and well-being, while reducing service use over 6 months.

    Authors: Lundgaard, P., Lundgaard, L. & Midgley, N.

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  • Introduction to Mentalization-Based Approaches for Parents, Children, Youths, and Families

    This article aims to introduce and briefly describe how the concept of mentalization can provide a useful framework for clinicians to understand psychopathology of children, youths, and families.

    Authors: Volkert, J., Taubner, S., Byrne, G. et al.

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  • Goal-oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence

    This is a literature review focused on what evidence is available to explore goal-oriented therapeutic practices in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing settings.

    Authors: Jacob, J., Wozney, L., Oddli, H. et al.

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  • Treatment “non-responders”: The experience of short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy among depressed adolescents, their parents and therapists

    A study on non-responders to short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP).

    Authors: Fiorini, G., Khoe, Z., Fonagy, P., & Midgley, N.

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  • Children and young people’s experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy: A qualitative meta-synthesis

    This study aimed to provide the first qualitative meta-synthesis of empirical studies examining children and young people’s experiences of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

    Authors: Fiorini, G., Westlake, M., Chokhani, R., et al.

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  • Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised multiple baseline trial evaluating Knowledge Insight Tools (KIT)

    This study describes the plans for our evaluation of a counselling intervention ('Knowledge Insight Tools or 'KIT') delivered in secondary schools for young people who struggle with anxiety and/or low mood. In collaboration with Place2Be.

    Authors: Constantinou, M. P., Stepanous, J., Lereya, S. T., et al.

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