Attachment and feeding problems: A reexamination of nonorganic failure to thrive and attachment insecurity

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1217-1224

  Chatoor, Irene ^a,b   Ganiban, Jody ^a   Colin, Virginia ^a   Plummer, Nancy ^a   Harmon, Robert J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Feeding problems; Food refusal; Infantile anorexia; Nonorganic failure to thrive

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031769247     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199811000-00023     Document Type: Article

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