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Reactive Attachment Disorder
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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) |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Understanding and promoting attachment.
30 Jul 2009 
Interest in early relationships has led to increased use of terms such as attachment disorder, attachment problems, and attachment therapy when describing behavioral/emotional regulation in young children. Unfortunately, such terms are vague and ... Read more...
Genetic and environmental influence on attachment disorganization.
30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Empirical studies demonstrate that maternal sensitivity is associated with attachment security in infancy, while maternal frightening/frightened behavior is related to attachment disorganization. However, attachment disorganization is ... Read more...
Research in child psychoanalysis: twenty-five-year follow-up of a severely disturbed child.
30 Jul 2009 In an era of managed care, psychoanalytic treatment of children is under fire as critics question whether the evidence of success in child analysis is sufficiently robust to warrant the large commitment of time and money required for this treatment. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Reactive Attachment Disorder'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Understanding and promoting attachment. 30 Jul 2009
- Genetic and environmental influence on attachment disorganization. 30 Jul 2009
- Research in child psychoanalysis: twenty-five-year follow-up of a severely disturbed child. 30 Jul 2009
- Eating disorders and multi-level models of emotion: an integrated model. 29 Jun 2009
- Disturbances of attachment and parental psychopathology in early childhood. 29 Jun 2009
- Self-protective organization in children with conversion and somatoform disorders. 17 May 2009
- A novel examination of atypical major depressive disorder based on attachment theory. 3 May 2009
- Attachment disorganization and controlling behavior in middle childhood: maternal and child precursors and correlates. 29 Apr 2009
- Insecure attachment style is associated with chronic widespread pain. 31 Mar 2009
- An exploratory study of the association between reactive attachment disorder and attachment narratives in early school-age children. 30 Mar 2009
- Adult attachment in bipolar 1 disorder. 12 Mar 2009
- When parenting becomes unthinkable: intervening with traumatized parents and their toddlers.
27 Feb 2009 - Emanuel Miller Lecture: Attachment insecurity, disinhibited attachment, and attachment disorders: where do research findings leave the concepts? 25 Feb 2009
- A contemporary child-case discussion. 30 Jan 2009
- Boys only! No mothers allowed. 30 Jan 2009
- Triadic reality, same sex parents and child analysis: a response to Ann Smolen's 'Boys only! No mothers allowed'. 30 Jan 2009
- Comments on 'Boys only! No mothers allowed'. 30 Jan 2009
- Integration through relatedness in the conversational model: a case study. 30 Jan 2009
- Effects of early maltreatment on development: a descriptive study using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II. 30 Dec 2008
- [Flight from reality or resilience factor? The significance of the ability of imagination in the psychotherapy with children and adolescents] 30 Dec 2008
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Technical information about 'Reactive Attachment Disorder'
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;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F03.550.750;
History Note: 98