Urfer, Fanny-Maude <br/><br/>
Parents’ Mentalizing Capacities and Child Psychiatry: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives 

 -  2014.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> The high number of children receiving psychiatric care raises questions about the development of psychopathology. A variable of interest concerns mentalization, or the capacity to perceive and interpret behaviors in terms of mental states. Since the development of mentalization is highly influenced by the parent-child relationship, it seems important to gather information about parents’ mentalizing capacities. This article aims to present a theoretical and clinical reflection about mentalizing capacities in fathers and mothers of preschool-aged children receiving psychiatric care.