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    Mentalization - Wikipedia

    In psychology, mentalization is the ability to understand the mental state – of oneself or others – that underlies overt behaviour. Mentalization can be seen as a form of imaginative mental activity that lets us perceive and interpret human behaviour in terms of intentional mental states (e.g., needs, … See more

    While the broader concept of theory of mind has been explored at least since Descartes, the specific term 'mentalization' emerged in psychoanalytic literature in the late 1960s, and became empirically tested in 1983 when Heinz … See more

    Mentalization has implications for attachment theory and self-development. According to Peter Fonagy, individuals with disorganized attachment style (e.g., due to physical, … See more

    According to the American Psychiatric Association's Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health Practice, mentalization takes place along a … See more

    • Apperly, I. (2010). Mindreaders: The Cognitive Basis of "Theory of Mind". Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
    • Doherty, M.J. (2009). Theory of Mind: How Children … See more

    1960s
    The term 'mentalization' emerged in psychoanalytic literature.
    1983
    Heinz Wimmer and Josef Perner ran the first experiment to investigate when children can understand false belief.
    1990s
    Simon Baron-Cohen and Uta Frith merged mentalization with research on the psychological and biological mechanisms underlying autism and schizophrenia.
    1990s
    Peter Fonagy and colleagues applied mentalization to developmental psychopathology in the context of attachment relationships gone awry.
    2010
    Patrick Luyten and colleagues created the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire.

    Mentalization or better mentalizing, has a number of different facets which can be measured with various methods. A prominent method of assessment of Parental Mentalization is the Parental Development Interview (PDI), a 45-question semi … See more

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    WEBMentalization--the effort to make sense of our own and others' actions, behavior, and internal states--is something we all do. And it is a capacity that all psychotherapies aim to improve: the better we are at …