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17th Annual Research
ConferenceThe Program
__________________________Patrick Luyten, Ph.D., .Catholic
University of Leuven (Belgium) psychoanalytic researcher and clinician, will present a new research-based approach to the
assessment and treatment of patients with trauma-related psychopathology. Dr. Luyten applies emergent
research findings on mentalization (the metacognitive ability to reflect upon internal processes) to a range of conditions
– anxiety and eating disorders, antisocial and borderline pathology, and functional somatic complaints such as chronic
fatigue and fibromyalgia. Arguing for a multidimensional model of mentalization, Dr. Luyten illustrates a link between different
diagnostic categories and different types of impairment in mentalization. He presents his research findings that support a
developmental, biobehavioral model of the relationship between stress, individual differences in attachment, and mentalization.
These issues and their importance for clinical practice, will be illustrated by an interactive discussion
in which participants will have an opportunity to share views on the assessment and treatment of patients with functional
somatic complaints. In a "lab" session participants will have first-hand experience with a newly-developed measure
off different aspects of mentalization, including the inter-generational transmission of functional somatic disorders. By conference end, participants will be able critically to review their former approaches to the assessment and
treatment of patients with trauma-related psychopathology and will apply new insights in their clinical practice
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