Development and Preliminary Evaluation of Family Minds: A Mentalization-based Psychoeducation Program for Foster Parents.
Mentalization-based interventions show promise in improving mental health outcomes for children and parents through increasing a family's reflective functioning, or ability to mentalize. Mentalizing involves the ability to understand behavior in relation to mental states, such as thoughts and feelin...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 2519 - 2533 |
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