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Definition of 'Reactive Attachment Disorder'

Markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate social relatedness that begins before age 5 and is associated with grossly pathological child care. The child may persistently fail to initiate and respond to social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way (inhibited type) or there may be a pattern of diffuse attachments with nondiscriminate sociability (disinhibited type). (From DSM-IV, 1994)

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Understanding and promoting attachment.

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Research in child psychoanalysis: twenty-five-year follow-up of a severely disturbed child.

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Integration through relatedness in the conversational model: a case study.

30 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the principles of the conversational model in two therapies with a patient, at 16 years of age and again 20 years later. METHOD: Described is the first therapy of L, which commenced in hospital and ... Read more...

 

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Definition: Markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate social relatedness that begins before age 5 and is associated with grossly pathological child care. The child may persistently fail to initiate and respond to social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way (inhibited type) or there may be a pattern of diffuse attachments with nondiscriminate sociability (disinhibited type). (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D019962

Alternative terms: Reactive Attachment Disorder; Attachment Disorder, Reactive; Attachment Disorders, Reactive; Disorder, Reactive Attachment; Disorders, Reactive Attachment; Reactive Attachment Disorders;

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Tree Number: F03.550.750;

History Note: 98

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