Securing the base: the need for attachment-informed interventions in the perinatal period.

Ayre, Karyn; McLoughlin, Caoimhe · Br J Psychiatry · 2025

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

'Each has shaped the other.'Evidence abounds on the salience of attachment to early development and beyond. In 2018, Adshead distilled the relevance of 20 years of attachment theory to psychiatric practice. We argue research funders must move one step further: develop the evidence around perinatal attachment-informed interventions.

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