An attachment disorder is a condition in which individuals have difficulty forming loving, lasting, intimate relationships.
A condition in which people have difficulty forming lasting relationships; used interchangeably with Attachment Disorder, Detachment Disorder, and Reactive Attachment Disorder
See Reactive Attachment Disorder.
Failure to establish secure attachment with one or more primary caregivers before the age of five. Attachment disorders may result in difficulties with social relationships and disorders as severe as reactive attachment disorder (RAD). Learn about some of the side effects children with attachment disorders may have in: Side Effects of Attachment Disorders.
A condition in which a person has difficulty forming lasting relationships. Children with attachment disorder often are unable to be genuinely affectionate with others, have an underdeveloped conscience, and are not able to trust. Attachment Disorder, Detachment Disorder, and Reactive Attachment Disorder are used interchangeably.
During normal child development there emerges (at around nine months of age) a set of “attachment behaviours” that are earliest manifestations of a loving relationship between child and parent or care-giver. These behaviours include distress on separation and pleasure on reunion. In disorders of attachment the formation of this early relationship is disrupted or disturbed. This is particularly commonly seen in instances of child-abuse or neglect.
a condition signaled by an inability to develop significant emotional connections with others. Abused and neglected infants and children may find it difficult to form significant ties. Signs of attachment disorder include difficulty maintaining eye contact, lying, and not responding to affection.
a condition characterized by an inability to develop significant emotional connections with other people. Children who have been abused and/or neglected, even when very young, may find it difficult to form significant ties. Signs of attachment disorder include difficulty maintaining eye contact, lying, and not responding to affection.
Superficially engaging and charming; lack of eye ontact; indiscriminate affectionate with strangers; not cuddly to parents; destructive to self, others, animals and material things; lying; stealing; impulsive; no conscience; poor interaction with peers; sexual acting out; preoccupation with fire; incessant chatter. Attachment Disorder Help and Catalog of Reference Books
Attachment disorder is based on the psychological theories that