Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self

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This volume (one of two) is the first presentation of Schore's comprehensive theory in book form, as it has developed since 1994. In 1994 Allan Schore published his groundbreaking book, Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, in which he integrated a large number of experimental and clinical studies from both the psychological and biological disciplines in order to construct an overarching model of social and emotional development. Since then he has expanded his regulation theory in more than two dozen articles and essays covering multiple disciplines, including neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, attachment, and trauma. Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self contains writings on developmental affective neuroscience and developmental neuropsychiatry. It is absolutely essential reading for all clinicians, researchers, and general readers interested in normal and abnormal human development. Acknowledgements Preface Part I DEVELOPMENTAL AFFECTIVENEUROSCIENCE The Experience-Dependent Maturation of a Regulatory System inthe Orbital-Prefrontal Cortex and the Origin of DevelopmentalPsychopathology The Experience-Dependent Maturation of an Evaluative System inthe Cortex Attachment and the Regulation of the Right Brain Parent-Infant Communications and the Neurobiology of EmotionalDevelopment Part II DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY Early Organization of the Nonlinear Right Brain and theDevelopment of a Predisposition to Psychiatric Disorders The Effects of a Secure Attachment Relationship on Right BrainDevelopment, Affect Regulation, and Infant Mental Health The Effects of Relational Trauma on Right Brain Development,Affect Regulation, and Infant Mental Health Dysregulation of the Right Brain: A Fundamental Mechanism ofTraumatic Attachment and the Psychopathogenesis of PosttraumaticStress Disorders Effect of Early Relational Trauma on Affect Regulation: TheDevelopment of Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders anda Predisposition to Violence Permissions References Index