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The Transition to Motherhood: Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Perspectives

Von Mohr Ballina, M; Mayes, LM; Rutherford, HR; (2017) The Transition to Motherhood: Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Perspectives. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child , 70 (1) 10.1080/00797308.2016.1277905. Green open access

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Abstract

Motherhood is a unique transitional period in adulthood accompanied by distinct changes in the mind and brain. Although psychoanalytic and neuroscientific theory employ different levels of abstraction and methodology, there could be value in considering the synergy between the two fields for understanding this critical transitional period for women. Here, we review this literature and present a joint model of the neurobiological and psychic reorganization that might occur to support motherhood. Our approach highlights the value of considering multiple perspectives theoretically, as well as clinically, given the insight of neuroscience and psychoanalysis to the development and refinement of parenting interventions.

Type: Article
Title: The Transition to Motherhood: Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Perspectives
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2016.1277905
Publisher version: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0079730...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Motherhood, maternal experience, psychoanalysis, neuroscience
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1574573
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