title: A developmental approach to mentalizing communities: II. The Peaceful Schools experiment.
abstract: This paper summarizes a theoretical argument for the use of a mentalization-based approach to the systemic problem of school bullying. The Peaceful Schools Project of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, is an experimental test of this model. Data is presented from a randomized controlled trial of this intervention in nine elementary schools in the Midwest.
authors.affiliation: Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77280-9045, USA. stwemlow@aol.com
authors.forename: Stuart W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Twemlow
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fonagy
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Sacco
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D009769:Object Attachment; D010379:Peer Group; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012574:Schools; D012922:Social Change; D012940:Social Problems / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology