An exploratory study of pathological processes in latency care-experienced children. Implications for assessment and treatment

An exploratory study of pathological processes in latency care-experienced children. Implications for assessment and treatment

Angeliki Mazaraki · Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex

This professional doctorate analysed specialist assessment notes for four looked-after or adopted children using grounded theory within a psychoanalytic framework. The researcher interpreted patterns concerning separation anxiety, control and difficulties with relationships, and developed four categories describing the children’s states of mind.

Limitations: Four selected clinical cases, with looked-after and adopted children considered together; the abstract does not separate adoption status or recruitment geography. Findings are the researcher’s psychoanalytic interpretations, not independent diagnoses or evidence that psychotherapy is effective. No direct adoptee interviews are described. The doctorate was conducted through an NHS mental-health provider and university. The reviewed abstract does not establish the exact clinical service or its relationship to the researcher.

Research type

Doctoral clinical qualitative thesis

Source reviewed

Abstract

Peer reviewed

No

Age group

Children