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Allen, J. G., & Fonagy, P. (2006). Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment. Chichester: John Wiley.
Allen, J. G., Fonagy, P., & Bateman, A. W. (2008). Mentalizing in Clinical Practice. Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Asen, E., & Fonagy, P. (2012). Mentalization-based Therapeutic Interventions for Families. Journal of Family Therapy, 34 (4), 347-370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2011.00552.x
Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2004). Mentalization-based treatment of BPD Journal of Personality Disorders, 18 (1), 36-51. DOI: 10.1521/pedi.18.1.36.32772
Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2004). Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Mentalization Based Treatment Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bateman, A. W., & Fonagy, P. (2006). Mentalization Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bateman, A. W., & Fonagy, P. (2008). 8-year follow-up of patients treated for borderline personality disorder: Mentalization-based treatment versus treatment as usual. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 631-638.DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07040636
Bateman, A. W., & Fonagy, P. (2008). Comorbid antisocial and borderline personality disorders: Mentalization-based treatment Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64 (2), 181-194. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20451
Bateman, A. W., & Fonagy, P. (2008). Mentalization-based treatment for BPD. In P. D. Hoffman, P. Steiner-Grossman (Eds.), Borderline Personality Disorder (pp. 187-202). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2009). Randomized controlled trial of outpatient Mentalization-Based Treatment versus Structured Clinical Management for borderline personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166 (12), 1355-1364. DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09040539
Bateman, A. W., & Fonagy, P. (2010). Mentalization based treatment for borderline personality disorder. World Psychiatry, 9(1), 11-15. DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2010.tb00255.x
Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2012). Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health Practice Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2013). Mentalization-Based Treatment. Psychoanalytic Inquiry: A Topical Journal for Mental Health Professionals, 33 (6), 595-613. DOI:10.1080/07351690.2013.835170
Bateman, A., Fonagy, P., & Allen, J. G. (2009). Theory and practice of mentalization based therapy. In G. O. Gabbard (Ed.), Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments (pp. 757-780). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9781585623648.376093
Bateman, A., Ryle, A., Fonagy, P., & Kerr, I. (2007). Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: mentalization based therapy and cognitive analytic therapy compared. International Review of Psychiatry, 19 (1), 51-62. DOI:10.1080/09540260601109422
Bevington, D., Fuggle, P., Cracknell, L., & Fonagy, P. (2017) Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment: a guide for teams to develop systems of care. London: OUP.
Bevington, D., Fuggle, P., & Fonagy, P. (2015) "Applying attachment theory to effective practice with hard-to-reach youth: the AMBIT approach." Attachment & Human Development DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2015.1006385
Bevington, D. & Fuggle, P. (2012) Supporting and enhancing mentalization in community outreach teams working with socially excluded youth: the AMBIT approach. In “Minding the Child: mentalization-based interventions with children, young people and their families.” Ed. Midgley N and Vrouva I, Routledge, 2012
Bevington, D., Fuggle, P., Fonagy, P., Asen, E. & Target, M. (2012) “Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Therapy (AMBIT): A new integrated approach to working with the most hard to reach adolescents with severe complex mental health needs.” CAMH Journal
Bleiberg, E., Rossouw, T., & Fonagy, P. (2012) Adolescent breakdown and emerging borderline personality disorder, in Eds. Bateman & Fonagy, Handbook of mentalizing in mental health practice. 463 – 510. American Psychiatric publishing, Washington DC.Bevington, D., Fuggle, P., Fonagy, P., Target, M., & Asen, E. (2012). Innovations in Practice: Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Therapy (AMBIT) - a new integrated approach to working with the most hard to reach adolescents with severe complex mental health needs. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 18(1), 46-51. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00666.x
Eizirik, M., & Fonagy, P. (2009). Mentalization-based treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder: an overview. Rev Bras Psiquiatr, 31 (1), 72-75. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-44462009000100016
Fonagy, P. (2008). Working with the borderline brain: Mentalization-based treatment and the therapist’s stance
Fonagy, P., & Allison, E. (2014). The role of mentalizing and epistemic trust in the therapeutic relationship. Psychotherapy (Chic). DOI: 10.1037/a0036505
Fonagy, P., & Bateman, A. W. (2006). Mechanisms of change in mentalization-based treatment of BPD. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62 (4), 411-430. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20241
Fonagy, P., & Bateman, A. W. (2007). Mentalizing and borderline personality disorder. Journal of Mental Health, 16 (1), 83-101. DOI:10.1080/09638230601182045
Fonagy, P., & Bateman, A. W. (2008). The development of borderline personality disorder: A mentalizing model Journal of Personality Disorders, 22 (1), 4-21. DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2008.22.1.4.
Fonagy, P., Bateman, A., & Bateman, A. (2011). The widening scope of mentalizing: A discussion Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 84(1), 98-110. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.2010.02005.x
Fonagy, P., & Luyten, P. (2009). A developmental, mentalization-based approach to the understanding and treatment of borderline personality disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 21 (4), 1355-1381. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579409990198
Fonagy, P., Target, M., & Bateman, A. (2010). The mentalization based approach to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. In P. Williams (Ed.), The Psychoanalytic Therapy of Severe Disturbance (pp. 35-80). London, UK: Karnac Books.
Fuggle, P., et al (2014) The Adolescent Mentalization-based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) approach to outcome evaluation and manualization: adopting a learning organization approach. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry March 3, 2014 1359104514521640
Jørgensen, C. R., Freund, C., Bøye, R., Jordet, H., Andersen, D., & Kjølbye, M. (2013). Outcome of mentalization-based and supportive psychotherapy in patients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized trial. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 127 (4), 305-317.
Keaveny, E., Midgley, N., Asen, E., Bevington, D., Fearon, P., Fonagy, P., . . . Wood, S. (2013). Minding the family mind: The development and initial evaluation of mentalization-based treatment for families. In N. Midgley, I. Vrouva (Eds.), Minding the child: Mentalization-based interventions with children, young people and their families (pp. 98-112). Hove, UK: Routledge.
Laurenssen, E. M. P., Hutsebaut, J., Feenstra, D. J., Bales, D. L., Noom, M. J., Busschbach, J. J. V., Verheul, R., & Luyten, P. (2014). Feasibility of mentalization-based treatment for adolescents with borderline symptoms: A pilot study. Psychotherapy, 51(1), 159-166. DOI: 10.1037/a0033513
Luyten, P., & Fonagy, P. (2012). The multidimensional construct of mentalization and its relevance to understanding borderline personality disorder. In A. Fotopoulou, D. Pfaff, M. A. Conway (Eds.), From the Couch to the Lab: Trends in psychodynamic neuroscience (pp. 405-427). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199600526.003.0023
Rossouw, T. I., & Fonagy, P. (2012). Mentalization-based treatment for self-harm in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51 (12), 1304-1313.e3. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.09.018
Rossouw, T, & Fonagy, P. (2012) Mentalization-Based Treatment for Self-Harm in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial., J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 51(12): 1304 – 1313
Rossouw, T. (2013) Mentalization-Based Treatment: Can It Be Translated Into Practice in Clinical Settings and Teams?, J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 52 (3), 220 – 222.
Rossouw, T., (2012) Self-harm and young people: Is MBT the answer?, in Eds. Midgely & Vrouva, Minding the child: Mentalization based interventions with children, young people and their families. 131- 144, Routledge, London.
Williams, L., Fonagy, P., Target, M., Fearon, P., Sargent, J., Bleiberg, E., & McGregor, J. (2006). Training psychiatry residents in mentalization-based therapy. In E. Bleiberg, P. Fonagy (Eds.), Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment (pp. 223-231). Chichester, UK: Wiley. DOI: 10.1002/9780470712986.ch11