{{Short description|Child mental health research, training, policy and treatment centre in London}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox organization | name = Anna Freud | image = Anna Freud Centre logo.png | type = Charitable organisation | founded = 1952 | vat_id = | registration_id = England and Wales: 1077106<ref name=charcom>{{cite web|url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1077106&SubsidiaryNumber=0|title=The Anna Freud Centre|access-date=17 April 2011|publisher=Charity Commission}}</ref> | founder = | location = London, United Kingdom | coordinates = | origins = | key_people = Eamon McCrory (Chief Executive)<br>'''Patron:'''<br />The Princess of Wales | region_served = | product = | mission = | focus = Child psychoanalysis, Mentalization | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | non-profit_slogan = | former_name = | website = {{url|annafreud.org/}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }} {{psychoanalysis}} The '''Anna Freud''' (formerly the '''Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families''') is a child mental health research, training, treatment and policy advisory 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 Eamon McCrory OBE.
==History== The Hampstead Child Therapy Course was started by Anna Freud, daughter of Dr.Sigmund 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/>
==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 === The Centre provides short-term and long-term specialist treatments for children suffering from mental health problems.<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=== The Centre conducts research in collaboration with the 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 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.<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 |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 the Anna Freud to carry out evaluative research into the effectiveness of their own services (for example 42nd Street (mental health charity) commissioned the 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, 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.<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, 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 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 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=== 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/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.<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== The Anna Freud 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== Notable alumni of the Centre include Erna Furman.
==See also== *Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, an academic journal co-founded by Anna Freud *Freud Museum *Child Guidance, aka the Child Guidance Movement, a social construct and an influential network of multidisciplinary clinics
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==External links== *[https://www.annafreud.org/ Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families]
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