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Attachment disorder, the Glossary

Attachment disorder is a broad term intended to describe disorders of mood, behavior, and social relationships arising from unavailability of normal socializing care and attention from primary caregiving figures in early childhood.^[1]

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Attachment theory
Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood
Stress-related disorders

Adaptation

In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.

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Adult attachment disorder

Adult Attachment Disorder (AAD) develops in adults as the result of an attachment disorder, or Reactive Attachment Disorder, that goes untreated in childhood. Attachment disorder and adult attachment disorder are attachment theory and stress-related disorders.

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Age regression in therapy

Age regression in therapy is a psycho-therapeutic process that aims to facilitate access to childhood memories, thoughts, and feelings. Attachment disorder and Age regression in therapy are attachment theory.

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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association in the United States dedicated to facilitating psychiatric care for children and adolescents.

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American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences is an academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences.

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Attachment in children

Attachment in children is "a biological instinct in which proximity to an attachment figure is sought when the child senses or perceives threat or discomfort. Attachment disorder and attachment in children are attachment theory and human development.

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Attachment measures

Attachment measures, or attachment assessments, are the various procedures used to assess the attachment system in children and adults. Attachment disorder and attachment measures are attachment theory and human development.

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Attachment theory

An attachment theory is a psychological and evolutionary theory concerning relationships between humans. Attachment disorder and attachment theory are human development.

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Attachment therapy

Attachment therapy (also called "the Evergreen model", "holding time", "rage-reduction", "compression therapy", "rebirthing", "corrective attachment therapy", and "coercive restraint therapy") is a pseudoscientific child mental health intervention intended to treat attachment disorders. Attachment disorder and attachment therapy are attachment theory.

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Autism

Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive and inflexible patterns of behavior that are impairing in multiple contexts and excessive or atypical to be developmentally and socioculturally inappropriate.

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Behavior

Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems or artificial entities in some environment.

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Candace Newmaker

Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (born Candace Tiara Elmore, November 19, 1989 – April 19, 2000) was a child who was killed during a 70-minute attachment therapy session performed by four unlicensed therapists, purported to treat reactive attachment disorder.

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Caregiver

A caregiver, carer or support worker is a paid or unpaid person who helps an individual with activities of daily living.

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Catharsis

Catharsis is from the Ancient Greek word κάθαρσις,, meaning "purification" or "cleansing", commonly used to refer to the purification and purgation of thoughts and emotions by way of expressing them.

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Charles H. Zeanah

Charles H. Zeanah Jr.

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Child abuse

Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver.

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Clinical psychology

Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

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Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD, sometimes hyphenated C-PTSD) is a stress-related mental disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas, i.e., commonly prolonged or repetitive exposures to a series of traumatic events, within which individuals perceive little or no chance to escape. Attachment disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder are Anxiety disorders and stress-related disorders.

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Criterion validity

In psychometrics, criterion validity, or criterion-related validity, is the extent to which an operationalization of a construct, such as a test, relates to, or predicts, a theoretically related behaviour or outcome — the criterion.

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Daniel Schechter

Daniel S. Schechter (born 1962 in Miami, Florida) is an American and Swiss psychiatrist known for his clinical work and research on intergenerational transmission or "communication" of violent trauma and related psychopathology involving parents and very young children.

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Dead mother complex

The dead mother complex is a clinical condition described by Andre Green involving an early and destructive identification with the figure of a 'dead' – or rather depressed and emotionally unavailable – mother. Attachment disorder and dead mother complex are human development.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria.

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Disease

A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury.

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Disinhibited attachment disorder

Disinhibited attachment disorder (DAD) according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), is defined as: Disinhibited attachment disorder is a subtype of the ICD-10 category F94, "Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence". Attachment disorder and Disinhibited attachment disorder are attachment theory, human development and mental disorders diagnosed in childhood.

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Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder (DSED), or Disinhibited Attachment Disorder, is an attachment disorder in which a child has little to no fear of unfamiliar adults and may actively approach them. Attachment disorder and Disinhibited social engagement disorder are attachment theory, human development, mental disorders diagnosed in childhood and stress-related disorders.

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Emotional dysregulation

Emotional dysregulation is characterized by an inability flexibly to respond to and manage emotional states, resulting in intense and prolonged emotional reactions that deviate from social norms, given the nature of the environmental stimuli encountered.

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Erik Erikson

Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was an American child psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings.

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Ethology

Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behaviour of non-human animals.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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False positives and false negatives

A false positive is an error in binary classification in which a test result incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition (such as a disease when the disease is not present), while a false negative is the opposite error, where the test result incorrectly indicates the absence of a condition when it is actually present.

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Genetic marker

A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.

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Gravelle foster child abuse cases

Michael and Sharen Gravelle were the adoptive parents of eleven children in Clarksfield Township, Ohio, United States.

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Hope

Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large.

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ICD-10

ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Infant Mental Health Journal

The Infant Mental Health Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering developmental psychology.

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Interpersonal relationship

In social psychology, an interpersonal relation (or interpersonal relationship) describes a social association, connection, or affiliation between two or more persons.

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John Bowlby

Edward John Mostyn Bowlby, CBE, FBA, FRCP, FRCPsych (26 February 1907 – 2 September 1990) was a British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory.

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Mary Ainsworth

Mary Dinsmore Ainsworth (December 1, 1913 – March 21, 1999) was an American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her work in the development of the attachment theory.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Mood (psychology)

In psychology, a mood is an affective state.

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Neglect

In the context of caregiving, neglect is a form of abuse where the perpetrator, who is responsible for caring for someone who is unable to care for themselves, fails to do so.

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Obedience (human behavior)

Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure".

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Pervasive developmental disorder

The diagnostic category pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), as opposed to specific developmental disorders (SDD), was a group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of multiple basic functions including socialization and communication.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being. Attachment disorder and Post-traumatic stress disorder are Anxiety disorders and stress-related disorders.

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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.

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Reactive attachment disorder

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is described in clinical literature as a severe disorder that can affect children, although these issues do occasionally persist into adulthood. Attachment disorder and Reactive attachment disorder are attachment theory, human development, mental disorders diagnosed in childhood and stress-related disorders.

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A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals within and/or between groups.

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Trust is the belief that another person will do what is expected.

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Williams syndrome

Williams syndrome (WS), also Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS), is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_disorder

Also known as Attachment disorders, Attachment insecurity, Emotional attachment disorder.

, Therapy, Trust (social science), Williams syndrome.

Attachment disorder, the Glossary

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See also

Attachment theory

Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood

References