This new edition of Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health
Practice reflects a vibrant field undergoing development along a
number of dimensions important for mental health. As evidenced by
the number of experts contributing chapters that focus on
specialized approaches to mentalization-based treatment (MBT), the
range of mental disorders for which this therapy has proved helpful
has substantially increased, and now includes psychosis. Second,
the range of contexts within which the approach has been shown to
be of value has grown. MBT has been found to be useful in
outpatient and community settings, and, more broadly, with
children, adolescents, couples, and families, and the social
contexts where they are found, such as in schools and even prisons.
Finally, the framework has been shown to be generalizable to an
understanding of the social context of mental health. The model
advanced in this book goes beyond an understanding of the
development of mentalizing and aims to provide an understanding of
its role in a range of social processes.Key concepts, themes, and
approaches clearly articulated throughout the book include the
following: * Mentalizing is a transdiagnostic concept applicable to
a range of mental health conditions, including trauma, personality
disorders, eating disorders, depression, substance use disorder,
and psychosis. The chapters devoted to these disorders emphasize
MBT skills acquisition and techniques for introducing mentalizing
into psychotherapy. * Mentalizing plays an important role in
understanding how teams, systems, and services interact to
facilitate or undermine interventions and service delivery.
Chapters on mentalizing in teams and wider systems are included to
help clinicians reduce negative impacts on clinical care and
support reliable and responsive pathways to treatment.* In an
effort to encourage clinicians to integrate mentalizing into their
clinical practice, empirical research on the developmental origins
of mentalizing and how a focus on mentalizing can improve outcomes
for patients is incorporated throughout the volume.* Improved
mentalizing increases resilience to adversity, perhaps protecting
individuals from relapse, and improves therapeutic outcomes. The
relevant research, as well as proven techniques for promoting
resilience and trust, are discussed at length in the book.*
Finally, as an established component of the literature on
neurobiology and higher-order cognition, mentalizing benefits from
a number of different strands of research, ranging from
neurobiology through child development to adult psychopathology.
The book fully explores these relationships and their
ramifications. Authoritative, comprehensive, and cutting-edge, the
Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health Practice is the single
most important resource for clinicians and trainees learning
about-and incorporating-MBT into their therapeutic repertoire.
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