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Growing Children: OCD. 23 August 2012, BBC4
No full textIn this film, the second of the three part series, Laverne Antrobus meets two teenagers suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Anna suffers from obsessive hand washing, something which is beginning to dominate her life more and more. Jonathan’s OCD is characterised by obsessive irrational thoughts in which he thinks he has harmed someone, even though it is something he has never done.
The programme looks at the latest research into OCD, explains treatment programmes for the disorder and how it impacts on the lives of sufferers and their families
How couple relationships shape our world. Clinical practice, research, and policy perspectives
No full textThis book is about the importance of the couple relationship in the broadest terms. It draws on clinical researches into the inner lived world of adult couples, empirical developmental research into children and parenting, as well as the legal setting when relationships break down. It aims to bridge the inner and outer worlds, showing how our most intimate relationships have vital importance at all levels, from the individual and the family, to the social setting – and explores the implications for practice and policy. Above all, it is a book about applications of clinical thinking linked with research knowledge, as tools for front line workers and policy makers alike. It draws on the tradition of applied clinical thinking and research of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, linking current thinking with the history of ideas in each area it covers, as well as considering implications for the future
Front line services, complexity, research and policy
No full textThe evidence-based culture of modern mental health policy and service delivery is being extended through funded efforts to accelerate implementation of research findings in practice settings. In this paper, we argue that this linear model of research and policy-making is profoundly ill adapted to the nature of practice realities and real-world policy-making processes. Both need to be re-conceptualised using the theoretical and practical resources deriving from modern complexity theory. A short case study illustrates the nature of `complexity', the reframing of the notion of `evidence' it implies and the different relationship between research, practice and policy that flows from this more attuned model of mental health and therapeutic processes
La trasformazione dell identification intrusive in bambini in affido attraverso interpretaztioni centrate sullo psicoterpeuta [The transformation of intrusive identification in a fostered child using transference interpretations]
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‘The Emerging Butterfly’: How can a boy considered likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis at age 5 be provided with a different developmental experience? An extensive clinical exploration with an under 5 boy with an anticipated diagnosis of ADHD, and his journey towards health with the aid of intensive psychotherapy
No full textThis thesis explores the issue of ADHD and its diagnosis in the very young. Also one of my tasks has been to illustrate how offering a four year old boy intensive psychotherapy can be very beneficial for his emotional development and general well being. The detailed analysis of clinical material and commentary covering four phases are explored and further discussion is presented that question whether there is a distinct link between a lack of early containment and ADHD symptomology. The first three phases chart the boy’s gradual progress whilst receiving intensive psychotherapy over the period of one year. The fourth phase documents what happened after the first year of treatment. ADHD origins and symptomology are described as are the more controversial aspects of diagnosis and treatment. The possibility of knee-jerk diagnosis is thought about as is the ADHD symptomology of the parent. A grounded theory qualitative research methodology is applied. The grounded theory approach allowed for the emergence of a theme around the boy’s different uses of the room in his unconscious search for a container to help his manage his internal anxiety. Recommendations for Service, Clinical and Research are offered. It is the authors hope that this research will contribute to the knowledge base of child psychotherapy and aid other professionals who work with challenging young children who have ADHD symptomology