scholarly journals Inhibited symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder: links with working models of significant others and the self

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Bosmans ◽  
Jantine Spilt ◽  
Eleonora Vervoort ◽  
Karine Verschueren
Keyword(s):  
Significant Others ◽  
Reactive Attachment Disorder ◽  
The Self ◽  
Attachment Disorder ◽  
Working Models ◽  
Reactive Attachment

Reactive Attachment Disorder

1996 ◽  
Vol 184 (7) ◽  
pp. 440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Minnis ◽  
Rosalind Ramsay ◽  
Lachlan Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Attachment Disorder ◽  
Attachment Disorder ◽  
Reactive Attachment

Treatment of Attachment Disorder of Infancy in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
MARLENE S. GOODFRIEND
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Failure To Thrive ◽  
Reactive Attachment Disorder ◽  
Feeding Problems ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Attachment Disorder ◽  
Reactive Attachment

As a psychiatric consultant in an inner-city level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), I have seen several cases involving premature infants who did not have a caring, consistent adult in their lives. This neglect appeared to contribute to the development of behavior problems (eg, irritability) or feeding problems (eg, failure to thrive), and sometimes an infant failed to progress medically or experienced an exacerbation of medical problems. These infants were assigned the diagnosis of reactive attachment disorder of infancy. This is a recognized psychiatric entity that is defined, as follows, in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed, revised):

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