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Attachment Issues in Psychopathology and Intervention by Leslie Atkinson, Susan Goldberg is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Attachment Issues in Psychopathology and Intervention about?
To be a human being (or indeed to be a primate) is to be attached to other fellow beings in relationships, from infancy on. This book examines what happens when the mechanisms of early attachment go awry, when caregiver and child do not form a relationship in which the child finds security in times of uncertainty and stress. Although John Bowlby, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, originally formulated attachment theory for the express purpose of understanding psychopathology across the life span, the concept of attachment was first adopted by psychologists studying typical development. In recent years, clinicians have rediscovered the potential of attachment theory to help them understand psychological/psychiatric disturbance, a potential that has now been amplified by decades of research on typical development. "Attachment Issues in Psychopathology and Intervention" is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the implications of current attachment research and theory for conceptualizing psychopathology and planning effective intervention efforts. It usefully integrates attachment considerations into other frameworks within which psychopathology has been described and po
Who reads Attachment Issues in Psychopathology and Intervention?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Leslie Atkinson, Susan Goldberg
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781135654580
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Psychology, Medical, Social Science
