Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT)
Presenter: Esther Blessitt, Family Therapist
Esther describes Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) as well as when and why it is offered at MCCAED
depression
Videos
MCCAED Publications
2015
The impact of comorbid personality difficulties on response to IAPT treatment for depression and anxiety.
Goddard, E., Wingrove, J., & Moran, P.(2015). Behaviour research and therapy, 73, 1-7.
2013
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression in adolescents.
Ames, C.S., Richardson, J., Payne, S., Smith, P., & Leigh, E. (2013). Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 19(1), 74-78.
2012
Fronto-striato-cerebellar dysregulation in adolescents with depression during motivated attention.
Chantiluke, K., Halari, R., Simic, M., Pariante, C. M., Papadopoulos, A., Giampietro, V., & Rubia, K. (2012). Biological Psychiatry, 71(1), 59-67.
2011
Therapeutic processes in multi-family groups for major depression: Results of an interpretative phenomenological study.
Hellemans, S., De Mol, J., Buysse, A., Eisler, I., Demyttenaere, K., & Lemmens, G. M. D. (2011). Journal of affective disorders, 134(1), 226-234.
pre-2010
Reduced activation in lateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate during attention and cognitive control functions in medication‐naïve adolescents with depression compared to controls
Halari, R., Simic, M., Pariante, C. M., Papadopoulos, A., Cleare, A., Brammer, M., … & Rubia, K.(2009). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(3), 307-316.
Prefrontal hypoactivation in medication naive adolescents with depression.
Halari, R., Simic, M., Pariante, C., Cleare, A., Fombonne, E., & Rubia, K. (2005). Biological Psychiatry, 57(8), 45S-45S.
