title: A developmental approach to mentalizing communities: I. A model for social change.
abstract: A developmental model is proposed applying attachment theory to complex social systems to promote social change. The idea of mentalizing communities is outlined with a proposal for three projects testing the model: ways to reduce bullying and create a peaceful climate in schools, projects to promote compassion in cities by a focus of end-of-life care, and a mentalization-based intervention into parenting style of borderline and substance abusing parents.
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: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D004493:Education; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009769:Object Attachment; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011640:Public Policy; D012574:Schools; D012922:Social Change; D012940:Social Problems / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology