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Mentalization

Mentalization meaning

The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.

Example sentences (2)

Eating disorders have been associated with a fragile sense of self and with disordered mentalization.

Fonagy and Target, in London, have propounded their view of the necessity of helping certain detached, isolated patients, develop the capacity for "mentalization" associated with thinking about relationships and themselves.