Relationships: parental mind-mindedness and infant outcomes, and how parents experience building a relationship with their baby on neonatal intensive care

This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Birmingham. The thesis comprises of two volumes. All identifying information has been anonymised for confidentiality. Volume I This volume comprises three chapters. Chapter 1 is a systematic literature review of how parental mind-mindedness in the first year of a child’s life links to outcomes in preschool aged children. Chapter 2 is a qualitative evaluation of how parents find building a bond with their baby, when their baby is on the neonatal intensive care unit. Chapter 3 is a public domain briefing document. Volume II This volume contains four clinical practice reports (CPRs) and the abstract of a fifth which was presented orally. The first CPR presents the case of a 27 year old female with a learning disability who was pregnant and experiencing low mood, formulated from a cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic perspective. The second CPR is a service evaluation of staff views of a recent consultation process. The third CPR is a single case experimental design of an 18 year old woman diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, using a cognitive behavioural formulation and exposure response prevention. The fourth CPR is a case study of an 83 year old who suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using a cognitive behavioural formulation and intervention. The fifth is the abstract of an orally presented case describing a 16 year old female with PTSD.