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This is the 2rd edition of the journal of International Cognitive Analytic Therapy Association which is a federation of national associations in eight different countries.  The journal aims to promote a broad relational understanding of psychotherapy and the wider context of mental health treatment and care. It draws upon the ideas and methods of the Cognitive Analytic approach to understanding and alleviating psychological and social distress for individuals, groups and systems.

The contents of this volume are as follows:

Editorial

Childhood Relational Adversity and ‘Maltreatment’ as the Primary Cause of Mental Disorder and Distress rather than ‘Endogenous’ Genetic or Neuro-biological Factors OLIVER JAMES

‘What Role am I Playing?’:  Inpatient Staff Experiences of an Introductory Training in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Informed Care NATALIE CLINKSCALES, RANIL TAN, LINDSAY JONES

Relational Patterns in Adolescents with and without Emotional Dysregulation and their Parents from a CAT Perspective JESSICA RUSSELL-CARROLL AND MICHAEL GORDON

Service User Experiences of CAT Diagrams: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis  KIMBERLEY TAPLIN, BETH GREENHILL, CLAIRE SEDDON AND JAMES MCGUIRE

Service Evaluation of Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Patients with Complex Medically Unexplained Symptoms referred to a Liaison Psychiatry Department
ALISON JENAWAY, CAROL GREGORY, DAMARIS KOCH AND KATE BRISTOW

Therapists’ Experiences of Facilitating Cognitive Analytic Therapy Groups LAURIE SIDDELL & ALISON WELLS

The Emerging Psychological Trauma Paradigm: an Overview of the Challenge to Current Models of Mental Disorder and their Treatment F.M. CORRIGAN & A.M. HULL

Reviews  CATHERINE SHEA, STEVE POTTER, FRANK MARGISON. CAROLINE DOWER