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How can measurement‐based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives
This letter from the INSPIRE research group summarises expert views on the benefits and future of measurement-based care, where client progress is shared to guide therapy. The authors call for greater co-ordination across settings, cultures and systems to support the development of measures and practice.
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Childhood and adolescence’s predictors of parenting stress in adoptive mothers of early and late placed children
This longitudinal study examined parenting stress and its predictors in 51 mothers of early- and late-placed adoptees, from childhood to adolescence.
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Interparental conflict in the perinatal period: exploring clinical and community populations
The study provides novel insight into interparental conflict in the perinatal period, comparing the experiences of parents with, and without, clinical mental health diagnoses. This research was completed as part of a PhD project.
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What does it mean to be a 'foster parent'? Exploring Foster parent narratives using ideal-type analysis
This study explores foster parent perceptions of their role and its impact on child outcomes, identifying three types of foster parents: emotional, ambiguous, and professional.
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The Reflective Fostering Programme: A Dialogue Between Clinical Practice and Research
This discussion, presented at the 2023 International Congress on Mentalization-Based Treatments, highlights the integration of clinical practice and research in the Reflective Fostering Programme through a mentalizing conversation.
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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.
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How inclusive and representative is research on foster caring in the UK? Findings from a scoping review
The importance of inclusivity and representation is increasingly recognised in fostering services and within research to ensure that services are meeting the needs of all the diverse communities they aim to support.
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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.
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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.