Attachment Theory and Psychosis

Katherine Berry is a professor in clinical psychology at the University of Manchester, UK, and Co-Director of the Complex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit within Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. She has carried out extensive research into the psychological and social causes of psychosis and has published a large body of work on attachment theory over the past decade. She is co-editor of Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health with Adam N. Danquah (Routledge). Sandra Bucci is a professor in clinical psychology at the University of Manchester, UK and Co-Director of the Complex Trauma and Resilience Research unit within Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Her research is focused on understanding the putative psychological mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of psychotic experiences. Adam N. Danquah is a senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK, and practicing clinical psychologist and psychodynamic psychotherapist. As well as attachment, his research and teaching focus on intercultural approaches and helping practitioners and practitioners in training deal with the impact of patient care.

Foreword by Max Birchwood; Chapter 1: Introduction, Katherine Berry, Sandra Bucci and Adam N. Danquah; Part 1: Symptoms, functioning and aetiology; Chapter 2: The Specific Role of Insecure Attachment in Paranoid Delusions, Richard P. Bentall and Kasiatarzyna Sitko; Chapter 3: How Attachment Theory Can Develop Understandings Of, and Therapy For, Distressing Voices, Katherine Berry, John Read, Filippo Varese and Sandra Bucci; Chapter 4: Promoting Recovery from Negative Symptoms: An Attachment Theory Perspective, Hamish McLeod and Helen Griffiths; Chapter 5: Attachment and Social Functioning in Psychosis, Jasper E. Palmier-Claus, Nikie Korver-Nieberg, Anne-Kathrin Fett and Shannon Couture; Chapter 6: Parenting in Psychosis from an Attachment Perspective, Susanne Harder and Kristine Davidsen; Chapter 7: The Neurobiology of Attachment and Psychosis Risk: A Theoretical Integration, Benjamin K. Brent, Martin Debbané and Peter Fonagy; Part 2: Therapeutic approaches; Chapter 8: Bringing Together Psychodynamic and Attachment Perspectives on Psychosis, Alison Summers and Gwen Adshead; Chapter 9: Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy for Recovery in Psychosis, Dr Angus MacBeth, Professor Andrew Gumley and Professor Matthias Schwannauer; Chapter 10: Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) for Psychosis: Contrasts and Parallels with Attachment Theory and Implications for Practice, Dr Peter James Taylor and Dr Claire Seddon; Chapter 11: Attachment Themes in Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) for Psychosis, Charles Heriot-Maitland and Angela Kennedy; Chapter 12: Cultural Variations in Attachment and Psychosis: The Application of Attachment Theory to Inform Therapeutic Work with Black Caribbean Familie, Amy Degnan, Lucy Shattock and Dawn Edge; Part 3: Individual and organisational perspectives; Chapter 13: Making Sense of Voices: Perspectives from the Hearing Voices Movement, Eleanor Longden and Dirk Corstens; Chapter 14: How Can Attachment Theory Inform the Design and Delivery of Mental Health Services?, Sandra Bucci, Katherine Berry, Adam Danquah and Lucy Johnstone; Chapter 15: The Significance of the Clinician’s Felt Experience: Using Attachment Theory to Understand the Therapist’s Emotional Experience when Working with Someone with Psychosis, Max Linington; Chapter 16: Cross-cutting Themes and Future Directions, Katherine Berry, Adam Danquah and Sandra Bucci