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Reactive Attachment Disorder
Attachment Disorder, Reactive | Attachment Disorders, Reactive | Disorder, Reactive Attachment | Disorders, Reactive Attachment | Reactive Attachment Disorders
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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