PsychEd Episode 25: Understanding Attachment with Dr. Diane Philipp

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we explore Attachment Theory, a key foundational framework in psychiatry which concerns relationships and the ways in which infants seek proximity to caregivers in development.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest expert is Dr. Diane Philipp, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Sick kids Center for Community Mental Health in Toronto and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. She has developed a family therapy method called Reflective Family Play, a model of therapy which aims to improve parent-child dynamics, and more specifically attachment. She currently practices reflective family play and also teaches this method locally and internationally.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Produced and Hosted by Dr. Chase Thompson (PGY2) and Dr. Lucy Chen (PGY5)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audio Editing by Dr. Alex Raben (PGY5)</span></p> <p><strong>The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Define attachment theory</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Review the history of attachment theory and how the field developed</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Briefly review the evolutionary basis, and functional role of attachment in infants</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Briefly review the neurobiological perspectives of attachment</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Outline and describe different types of attachment and attachment disorders</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span> <span style="f