Modern attachment theory.

Abstract

Over the past decade attachment theory has undergone an intense expansion of both its original scientific foundations as well as its applications to clinical work. Bowlby's original description occurred during a period of behaviorism and an emphasis on the strange situation and secure base behaviors, which then gave way to a dominance of cognition and an emphasis on attachment narratives and reflective capacities. We will argue that in line with Bowlby's fundamental goal of the integration of psychological and biological models of human development, the current interest in affective bodily-based processes, interactive regulation, early experiencedependent brain maturation, stress, and nonconscious relational transactions has shifted attachment theory to a regulation theory. This emphasis on the right brain systems that underlie attachment and developmental change has in turn forged deeper connections with clinical models of psychotherapeutic change, all of which are consonant with psychoanalytic understandings. Modern attachment theory can thus be incorporated into the core of social work theory, research, and practice.

Interface Between Psychotropic Medications, Neurobiology, and Mental Illnesses

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Cuidado sensible y seguridad del apego en preescolares

“…Por lo tanto, la seguridad del apego se define como la confianza que experimenta el niño en que una persona cercana a él, su figura de apego, está disponible, le ofrece consuelo y protección y es responsiva a sus señales de estrés o a su solicitud de contacto (Bowlby, 1988;Bakermans-Kranenburg & van Ijzendoorn, 2016). Investigaciones recientes han encontrado que el apego favorece el desarrollo de las estructuras cerebrales relacionadas con la vida emocional y social (e.g., Coan, 2016;Schore, 2017), por lo que se considera que la calidad de este vínculo es un antecedente del estado de bienestar y del sentido implícito de seguridad a lo largo de la vida (Schore, 2017;Simpson & Belsky, 2016).…”