@article {206,
	title = {Minding the baby a reflective parenting program.},
	journal = {Psychoanal Study Child},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2005},
	month = {2005},
	pages = {74-100},
	abstract = {<p>Minding the Baby, an interdisciplinary, relationship based home visiting program, was initiated to help young, at-risk new mothers keep their babies (and themselves) \&quot;in mind\&quot; in a variety of ways. The intervention--delivered by a team that includes a nurse practitioner and clinical social worker--uses a mentalization based approach; that is, we work with mothers and babies in a variety of ways to develop mothers\&$\#$39; reflective capacities. This approach--which is an adaptation of both nurse home visiting and infant-parent psychotherapy models--seems particularly well suited to highly traumatized mothers and their families, as it is aimed at addressing the particular relationship disruptions that stem from mothers\&$\#$39; early trauma and derailed attachment history. We discuss the history of psychoanalytically oriented and attachment based mother-infant intervention, the theoretical assumptions of mentalization theory, and provide an overview of the Minding the Baby program. The treatments of two teenage mothers and their infants are described.</p>
},
	keywords = {Adult, Child of Impaired Parents, Education, Family Therapy, Female, House Calls, Humans, Infant, Life Change Events, Male, Mothers, Patient Care Team, Personal Construct Theory, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Reactive Attachment Disorder},
	issn = {0079-7308},
	author = {Slade, Arietta and Sadler, Lois and De Dios-Kenn, Cheryl and Webb, Denise and Currier-Ezepchick, Janice and Mayes, Linda}
}
