TY - JOUR AU - Ramsauer, Brigitte AU - Lotzin, Annett AU - Mühlhan, Christine AU - Romer, Georg AU - Nolte, Tobias AU - Fonagy, Peter AU - Powell, Bert PY - 2014 DA - 2014/01/30 TI - A randomized controlled trial comparing Circle of Security Intervention and treatment as usual as interventions to increase attachment security in infants of mentally ill mothers: Study Protocol JO - BMC Psychiatry SP - 24 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Psychopathology in women after childbirth represents a significant risk factor for parenting and infant mental health. Regarding child development, these infants are at increased risk for developing unfavorable attachment strategies to their mothers and for subsequent behavioral, emotional and cognitive impairments throughout childhood. To date, the specific efficacy of an early attachment-based parenting group intervention under standard clinical outpatient conditions, and the moderators and mediators that promote attachment security in infants of mentally ill mothers, have been poorly evaluated. SN - 1471-244X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-24 DO - 10.1186/1471-244X-14-24 ID - Ramsauer2014 ER -