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The '''Anna Freud Centre''' is a child [[mental health]] research, training and treatment centre located in London, United Kingdom. It is one of only a small number of places in the UK where children can receive full psychoanalysis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-children-on-the-couch-is-three-the-perfect-age-to-meet-your-sh-rink-1239461.html|title=Health: Children on the couch: Is three the perfect age to meet your shrink?|accessdate=17 April 2011|work=The Independent|date=16 September 1997}}</ref> It is closely associated with [[University College London]] (UCL) and [[Yale University]].
The '''Anna Freud Centre''' (now renamed '''Anna Freud''') is a [[Child and adolescent psychiatry|child mental health]] research, training and treatment charity based in London, United Kingdom. The Centre aims to transform [[Mental health in the United Kingdom|mental health provision in the UK]] by improving the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of treatment, bringing together leaders in neuroscience, mental health, social care and education. It is closely associated with [[University College London]] (UCL) and [[Yale University]]. The [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Princess of Wales]] is its royal patron. The chair of trustees is the philanthropist [[Michael Samuel (philanthropist)|Michael Samuel]] MBE and the chief executive is [[Peter Fonagy]] OBE.


==History==
==History==
The Hampstead Child Therapy Course was started by [[Anna Freud]] in 1947. Students included [[Joyce McDougall]], who had her first experience of intensive analysis with children whilst on the course.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/oct/24/joyce-mcdougall-obituary?newsfeed=true|title=Joyce McDougall obituary|accessdate=4 November 2011|work=The Guardian|date=24 October 2011 }}</ref> The Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic was founded in 1952 by Anna Freud, [[Dorothy Burlingham]], and Helen Ross, becoming the first child psychoanalytic centre for observational research, teaching and learning.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/pages/history.html |title=History |accessdate=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313071512/http://www.annafreud.org/pages/history.html |archivedate=13 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbOI1A4BeRsC&pg=PA183|title=The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Volume 62|author=Robert A. King, Peter B. Neubauer and Samuel Abrams| publisher=Yale University Press| location=United States of America| year=2008| accessdate=17 April 2011|isbn=0300125402}}</ref> The Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic was established as a charity with the purpose of providing training, treatment and research in child psychoanalysis. After Anna Freud's death in 1982 the Centre was renamed the "Anna Freud Centre".<ref name=history/>
The Hampstead Child Therapy Course was started by [[Anna Freud]] in 1947. Students included [[Joyce McDougall]], who had her first experience of intensive analysis with children whilst on the course.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/oct/24/joyce-mcdougall-obituary?newsfeed=true|title=Joyce McDougall obituary|access-date=4 November 2011|work=The Guardian|date=24 October 2011 }}</ref> The Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic was founded in 1952 by Anna Freud, [[Dorothy Burlingham]], and Helen Ross, becoming the first child psychoanalytic centre for observational research, teaching and learning.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/pages/history.html |title=History |access-date=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313071512/http://www.annafreud.org/pages/history.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbOI1A4BeRsC&pg=PA183|title=The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Volume 62|author=Robert A. King, Peter B. Neubauer and Samuel Abrams| publisher=Yale University Press| location=United States of America| year=2008| access-date=17 April 2011|isbn=0300125402}}</ref> It was established as a charity with the purpose of providing training, treatment and research in child psychoanalysis. After Anna Freud's death in 1982, it was renamed in her honour.<ref name=history/>

The Centre's current Directors, Linda Mayes, Peter Fonagy and Mary Target, were appointed in 2003. Their aim has been to secure the Anna Freud Centre's position as the leading psychoanalytic innovator and provider of mental health treatment to children and families in Europe.<ref name=history/>

In June 2003 a study conducted jointly by the Anna Freud Centre, [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] and [[Thomas Coram Foundation for Children|Coram Family Adoption Services]] on the way in which abused children can have their faith in adults restored through adoption was published.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/jun/22/adoptionandfostering.adoption|title=How abused children learn to trust adults|accessdate=17 April 2011|work=The Guardian|date=22 June 2003}}</ref> In September 2009 a collaborative project involving the Anna Freud Centre, [[Kids Company]] and UCL was launched to study what happens to the brains of children who have suffered early trauma.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/6151954/We-should-separate-at-risk-children-from-their-parents-at-birth.html|title=We should separate at-risk children from their parents at birth|accessdate=17 April 2011|work=The Telegraph|date=8 September 2009}}</ref> In May 2010 a campaign was launched by the charity Kids Company to raise £5&nbsp;million to fund a study into how children's brain development is affected by loving care and attachment, with the study work to be conducted by the Anna Freud Centre in partnership with the [[Institute of Psychiatry]], UCL, the [[Tavistock Clinic]] and [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/826471-metro-urban-action-girls-aged-eight-are-carrying-weapons|title=Metro Urban Action: Girls aged eight are carrying weapons|accessdate=17 April 2011|publisher=Metro|date=16 May 2010}}</ref>


==Activities==
==Activities==
In 2012 it stated that its aim is to secure its position as the leading psychoanalytic innovator and provider of mental health treatment to children and families in Europe.<ref name="history" />


===Treatment===
=== Treatment ===
The Centre provides short-term and long-term specialist treatments for children suffering from mental illnesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/pages/services.html |title=Services |accessdate=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115124925/http://www.annafreud.org/pages/services.html |archivedate=15 January 2012 }}</ref>
The Centre provides short-term and long-term specialist treatments for children suffering from mental illnesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/pages/services.html |title=Services |access-date=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115124925/http://www.annafreud.org/pages/services.html |archive-date=15 January 2012 }}</ref>


===Research===
===Research===
The Centre conducts research in collaboration with the [[Yale Child Study Center|Yale University Child Study Center]] and the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at [[Baylor College of Medicine]].<ref name=research>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/research.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629153636/http://www.annafreud.org/research.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=29 June 2007 |title=Research |accessdate=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre }}</ref> The Centre's historic links with [[Yale University]] have been renewed through the recently established Anna Freud Centre/Yale Child Study Center Bridge Programme. Research teams from the Menninger Department of [[Psychiatry]], the Anna Freud Centre and Yale Child Study Center form a developmental and clinical psychoanalytically-inspired research consortium.
The Centre conducts research in collaboration with the [[Yale Child Study Center|Yale University Child Study Center]] and the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at [[Baylor College of Medicine]].<ref name=research>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/research.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629153636/http://www.annafreud.org/research.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2007 |title=Research |access-date=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre }}</ref> The Centre's historic links with [[Yale University]] have been renewed through the recently established Anna Freud Centre/Yale Child Study Center Bridge Programme. Research teams from the Menninger Department of Psychiatry, the Anna Freud Centre and Yale Child Study Center form a developmental and clinical psychoanalytically-inspired research consortium.


The Centre also hosts the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Evidence Based Practice Unit, an interdisciplinary research unit which is part of [[University College London]].<ref name=ebpulink>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/clinical-psychology/EBPU/|title=Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Evidence Based Practice Unit website
The Centre also hosts the [[Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services]] (CAMHS) Evidence Based Practice Unit, an interdisciplinary research unit which is part of UCL.<ref name=ebpulink>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/clinical-psychology/EBPU/|title=Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Evidence Based Practice Unit website
|accessdate=11 December 2012|publisher=CAMHS EBPU}}</ref> Its research focuses on supporting the implementation of [[evidence-based practice]] and also gathering [[practice-based evidence]] for mental health interventions. Current projects include a national evaluation of therapies (part of the Children and Young People's [[Improving Access to Psychological Therapies]] programme); research on [[shared decision making]]; and the development of models for resource need as part of the CAMHS [[Payment by Results]] project.
|access-date=11 December 2012|publisher=CAMHS EBPU}}</ref> Its research focuses on supporting the implementation of [[evidence-based practice]] and also gathering [[practice-based evidence]] for mental health interventions. Current projects include a national evaluation of therapies (part of the Children and Young People's [[Improving Access to Psychological Therapies]] programme); research on [[shared decision making]]; and the development of models for resource need as part of the CAMHS [[Payment by Results]] project.

Research activity can be funded by public bodies (for example the Education for Wellbeing project is funded by the [[Department for Education]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.annafreud.org/research/current-research-projects/education-for-wellbeing/|title=Education for Wellbeing|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref>). Individual charities commission Anna Freud to carry out evaluative research into the effectiveness of their own services (for example [[42nd Street (mental health charity)]] commissioned Anna Freud to review their TC42 service in 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.42ndstreet.org.uk/media/idng2v55/evaluation-of-tc42-final-report.pdf|title=Anna Freud Review of TC42|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref>). Research can be based on collaboration with other bodies (for example a study into adoption working with Coram and [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annafreud.org/research/current-research-projects/adoption-and-attachment-research-study-transition-into-adulthood/|title=Adoption and Attachment Research Study|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref>).

In June 2003 a study conducted jointly by the Anna Freud Centre, [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] and [[Thomas Coram Foundation for Children|Coram Family Adoption Services]] on the way in which abused children can have their faith in adults restored through adoption was published.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 June 2003 |title=How abused children learn to trust adults |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/jun/22/adoptionandfostering.adoption |access-date=17 April 2011 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In September 2009 a collaborative project involving the Anna Freud Centre, [[Kids Company]] and UCL was launched to study what happens to the brains of children who have suffered early trauma.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 September 2009 |title=We should separate at-risk children from their parents at birth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/6151954/We-should-separate-at-risk-children-from-their-parents-at-birth.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003114634/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/6151954/We-should-separate-at-risk-children-from-their-parents-at-birth.html |archive-date=3 October 2009 |access-date=17 April 2011 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref> In May 2010 a campaign was launched by the charity Kids Company to raise £5&nbsp;million to fund a study into how children's brain development is affected by loving care and attachment, with the study work to be conducted by the Anna Freud Centre in partnership with the [[Institute of Psychiatry]], UCL, the [[Tavistock Clinic]] and [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{cite news |date=16 May 2010 |title=Metro Urban Action: Girls aged eight are carrying weapons |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/826471-metro-urban-action-girls-aged-eight-are-carrying-weapons |access-date=17 April 2011 |publisher=Metro}}</ref>


===Teaching===
===Teaching===
The Centre offers the following certificate, diploma and MSc courses:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/pages/ucl-programmes.html |title=UCL Programmes |accessdate=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226144923/http://www.annafreud.org/pages/ucl-programmes.html |archivedate=26 February 2012 }}</ref>
The Centre offers the following certificate, diploma and master's courses:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/pages/ucl-programmes.html |title=UCL Programmes |access-date=14 February 2012 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226144923/http://www.annafreud.org/pages/ucl-programmes.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}</ref>


*MRes (previously MSc) in Developmental Neuroscience & Psychopathology (in collaboration with UCL and Yale University; Child Study Center). This course was established in 2006 as part of the new Anna Freud Centre/Yale Child Study Center Bridge Programme and addresses a growing interest among both neuroscientists and developmental scholars in integrating ideas of social-emotional development with contemporary understanding of brain development and brain function. It consists of one year of teaching at the Anna Freud Centre/UCL, and one year or independent research at the Yale Child Study Center/Yale University.
*MRes (previously MSc) in [[Developmental Neuroscience]] & [[Psychopathology]] (in collaboration with UCL and Yale University; Child Study Center). This course was established in 2006 as part of the new Anna Freud Centre/Yale Child Study Center Bridge Programme and addresses a growing interest among both neuroscientists and developmental scholars in integrating ideas of [[Social emotional development|social-emotional development]] with contemporary understanding of [[Development of the nervous system|brain development]] and [[brain function]]. It consists of one year of teaching at the Anna Freud Centre/UCL, and one year of independent research at the Yale Child Study Center/Yale University.
*MSc in Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology (in collaboration with UCL). The course combines theoretical consideration of psychoanalytic perspectives on developmental issues and inter-family relationships with year-long observations of infants and children.
*MSc in [[Early child development|Early Child Development]] & Clinical Applications (in collaboration with UCL). The course combines theoretical consideration of psychoanalytic perspectives on developmental issues and inter-family relationships with year-long observations of infants and children.
*MSc in Developmental Psychology & Clinical Practice
*MSc in [[Developmental psychology|Developmental Psychology]] & Clinical Practice
*UCL Post Graduate Certificate/Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and other Outcomes-Based Interventions. These new UCL programmes are intended for all professionals working in children's services, including social care, education and health.
*UCL Post Graduate Certificate/Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in [[Cognitive behavioral therapy|Cognitive Behaviour Therapy]] and other Outcomes-Based Interventions. These new UCL programmes are intended for all professionals working in children's services, including social care, education and health.
*PGCert in Leadership and change


The Centre also offers an extensive range of short courses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/courses.php?action=search&types=course|title=Courses|accessdate=14 February 2012|publisher=The Anna Freud Centre }}</ref>
The Centre also offers an extensive range of short courses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/courses.php?action=search&types=course|title=Courses|access-date=14 February 2012|publisher=The Anna Freud Centre }}</ref>


==Library==
==Library==
The Anna Freud Centre Library supports the academic, clinical and research activities at the Centre.<ref name=library>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/library.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509161054/http://www.annafreud.org/library.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=9 May 2008 |title=The Library |accessdate=6 September 2010 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre }}</ref> It currently holds approximately 2,000 books covering both historical and contemporary psychoanalytic material, and subscribes to 22 journal titles.<ref name=library/> Electronic access to research publications is also available.<ref name=library/>
The Anna Freud Centre Library supports the academic, clinical and research activities at the Centre.<ref name=library>{{cite web|url=http://www.annafreud.org/library.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509161054/http://www.annafreud.org/library.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2008 |title=The Library |access-date=6 September 2010 |publisher=The Anna Freud Centre }}</ref> It currently holds approximately 2,000 books covering both historical and contemporary psychoanalytic material, and subscribes to 22 journal titles.<ref name=library/> Electronic access to research publications is also available.<ref name=library/>


==Alumni==
==Alumni==
Alumni include [[Erna Furman]].
Notable alumni of the Centre include [[Erna Furman]].


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Psychoanalytic Study of the Child]]
*[[Psychoanalytic Study of the Child]], an academic journal co-founded by Anna Freud
*[[Freud Museum]]
*[[Freud Museum]]
*[[Child Guidance]], aka the Child Guidance Movement, a social construct and an influential network of multidisciplinary clinics


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.annafreudcentre.org/ The Anna Freud Centre]
*[https://www.annafreud.org/ Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families]
*[http://www.bcm.edu/ Baylor College of Medicine]
*[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/ UCL Psychoanalysis Unit]
*[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ University College London]
*[http://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/ Yale Child Study Center]
*[http://www.yale.edu/ Yale University]


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Revision as of 21:12, 27 August 2024

Anna Freud Centre
Founded1952
TypeCharitable organisation
Registration no.England and Wales: 1077106[1]
FocusChild psychoanalysis
Location
  • London, United Kingdom
Key people
Peter Fonagy (Chief Executive)
Patron:
The Princess of Wales
Websiteannafreud.org

The Anna Freud Centre (now renamed Anna Freud) is a child mental health research, training and treatment charity based in London, United Kingdom. The Centre aims to transform mental health provision in the UK by improving the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of treatment, bringing together leaders in neuroscience, mental health, social care and education. It is closely associated with University College London (UCL) and Yale University. The Princess of Wales is its royal patron. The chair of trustees is the philanthropist Michael Samuel MBE and the chief executive is Peter Fonagy OBE.

History

The Hampstead Child Therapy Course was started by Anna Freud in 1947. Students included Joyce McDougall, who had her first experience of intensive analysis with children whilst on the course.[2] The Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic was founded in 1952 by Anna Freud, Dorothy Burlingham, and Helen Ross, becoming the first child psychoanalytic centre for observational research, teaching and learning.[3][4] It was established as a charity with the purpose of providing training, treatment and research in child psychoanalysis. After Anna Freud's death in 1982, it was renamed in her honour.[3]

Activities

In 2012 it stated that its aim is to secure its position as the leading psychoanalytic innovator and provider of mental health treatment to children and families in Europe.[3]

Treatment

The Centre provides short-term and long-term specialist treatments for children suffering from mental illnesses.[5]

Research

The Centre conducts research in collaboration with the Yale University Child Study Center and the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine.[6] The Centre's historic links with Yale University have been renewed through the recently established Anna Freud Centre/Yale Child Study Center Bridge Programme. Research teams from the Menninger Department of Psychiatry, the Anna Freud Centre and Yale Child Study Center form a developmental and clinical psychoanalytically-inspired research consortium.

The Centre also hosts the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Evidence Based Practice Unit, an interdisciplinary research unit which is part of UCL.[7] Its research focuses on supporting the implementation of evidence-based practice and also gathering practice-based evidence for mental health interventions. Current projects include a national evaluation of therapies (part of the Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme); research on shared decision making; and the development of models for resource need as part of the CAMHS Payment by Results project.

Research activity can be funded by public bodies (for example the Education for Wellbeing project is funded by the Department for Education[8]). Individual charities commission Anna Freud to carry out evaluative research into the effectiveness of their own services (for example 42nd Street (mental health charity) commissioned Anna Freud to review their TC42 service in 2020[9]). Research can be based on collaboration with other bodies (for example a study into adoption working with Coram and Great Ormond Street Hospital[10]).

In June 2003 a study conducted jointly by the Anna Freud Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Coram Family Adoption Services on the way in which abused children can have their faith in adults restored through adoption was published.[11] In September 2009 a collaborative project involving the Anna Freud Centre, Kids Company and UCL was launched to study what happens to the brains of children who have suffered early trauma.[12] In May 2010 a campaign was launched by the charity Kids Company to raise £5 million to fund a study into how children's brain development is affected by loving care and attachment, with the study work to be conducted by the Anna Freud Centre in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, UCL, the Tavistock Clinic and Oxford University.[13]

Teaching

The Centre offers the following certificate, diploma and master's courses:[14]

  • MRes (previously MSc) in Developmental Neuroscience & Psychopathology (in collaboration with UCL and Yale University; Child Study Center). This course was established in 2006 as part of the new Anna Freud Centre/Yale Child Study Center Bridge Programme and addresses a growing interest among both neuroscientists and developmental scholars in integrating ideas of social-emotional development with contemporary understanding of brain development and brain function. It consists of one year of teaching at the Anna Freud Centre/UCL, and one year of independent research at the Yale Child Study Center/Yale University.
  • MSc in Early Child Development & Clinical Applications (in collaboration with UCL). The course combines theoretical consideration of psychoanalytic perspectives on developmental issues and inter-family relationships with year-long observations of infants and children.
  • MSc in Developmental Psychology & Clinical Practice
  • UCL Post Graduate Certificate/Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and other Outcomes-Based Interventions. These new UCL programmes are intended for all professionals working in children's services, including social care, education and health.
  • PGCert in Leadership and change

The Centre also offers an extensive range of short courses.[15]

Library

The Anna Freud Centre Library supports the academic, clinical and research activities at the Centre.[16] It currently holds approximately 2,000 books covering both historical and contemporary psychoanalytic material, and subscribes to 22 journal titles.[16] Electronic access to research publications is also available.[16]

Alumni

Notable alumni of the Centre include Erna Furman.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Anna Freud Centre". Charity Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Joyce McDougall obituary". The Guardian. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "History". The Anna Freud Centre. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. ^ Robert A. King, Peter B. Neubauer and Samuel Abrams (2008), The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Volume 62, United States of America: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300125402, retrieved 17 April 2011
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