Attachment measures

Top Baby Names 2016 Finding the right name for your baby can be one of the most fun and exciting parts of becoming a parent. However, where do you begin? Are you looking for something unique and interesting? Or do you lean toward tradition with a classic name? After all, a name helps to shape a child’s character! For some, it is important to take into consideration meaning and origin, as this can represent a child’s family or culture. For others, celebrity offspring can inspire a certain trend…

3.25 PAST AND FAMILY HISTORY All antenatal women should be assessed for a past history of depressive episodes. Depressive episodes experienced any time in the past, in relation with or not in relation with childbirth pose a significantly increased risk of developing PPD(7),(22),(54),(70). A 3.6 times higher risk of PPD was found in women who had a previous history of major depressive episode (48). However, an Indian study stated that a past history of depression increased the risk of further…

2.4 Place attachment Essentially, the term place attachment refers to ‘affective bond’ between people (individuals or group) and a significant environment, which is developing over time (Scannell and Gifford, 2010). However, due to ‘the proliferation of concepts and measurements proposed for characterising emotional bonds between humans and places’ (Manzo and Devine-Wright, 2014, p. 125), place attachment has a diversity of definitions. These definitions, however, remain scattered in the…

Nurture vs. nature has been debated for a long time, nurture is how your environment has had an effect on you while nature is what type of genes your were born with will determine your personality. Nurture is obviously the right answer because it has a bigger impact on someone personality rather than nature. If a man abuses his wife and kids is it because he was born with violent traits or is it because something he learned for his parents behavior. This debate within psychology is concerned…

The article, “Family Resilience and Pragmatic Parent Education,” by Schwartz (2002) discussions the impact of pragmatic parent education programs and how it is connected to resilience in the family. Therefore, Schwartz argues throughout the article that these programs for building and maintaining family resilience is critical, especially for families who have children within the foster care system. Within this discussion, the comparison between pragmatic and generic present day education program…

Separation anxiety usually occurs in very child children (between the ages of eight and four-teen months old. Children go through phases when they are “clingy” and afraid of unfamiliar people and places. This fear occurs in children, over the age of six, and lasts longer than four weeks (Wald, 2009). Separation anxiety disorder is a condition in which a child becomes fearful and anxious when they are away from home or separated from those they love (Wald, 2009). The child may begin to have…

A key aspect in the engagement process when the worker and clients are working together is the holding environment. The holding environment developed by Donald Winnicott, “describes the therapeutic process … of the mother-child relationship in infancy,” that is shows “context of psychotherapeutic treatment” (as cited in Babits, 2001). The holding environment may bring emphasis on the engagement process on a mother and her child; however, the same applies for the engagement process between a…

Running head: Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescence There is little information on the development of Borderline Personality Disorder in adolescence due to the widespread belief that this disorder is long-standing and that certain personality traits that could be used to diagnose this disorder are not stable until adulthood. The reluctance to diagnose borderline personality disorder in adolescence may also be because of the criteria used to determine whether someone has this disorder.…

Zachary was discharged to a pre-adoption home on 8/19/2016. This goal is close. FS Zachary was transferred to a foster home in the Charleston Division on 7/28/16. MHP and Zachary completed exercises to assist Zachary’s ability to make healthy decisions. Zachary was able to complete simple tasks with prompts from MHP. Zachary’s behaviors improved based on foster parent reports of decreased redirection. Zachary was discharged to a pre-adoption home on 8/19/2016. This goal is close. Zachary was…

John Bowlby a British psychiatrist was the first to apply the idea of attachment theory. He defines it as the bond between infant and caregiver. In this case, Liam is the infant and the caregivers are his parents. The quality of the attachment to his parents has deep implications for Liam’s feelings of safety and capacity, to form a trusting relationship (Berk, 2013, p. 429). Attachment theory is defined as “a continuing affectionate bond that ties a person to another, over time and across…