Reactive attachment disorder: What we know about the disorder and implications for treatment

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-145

  Hanson, Rochelle F ^a,b   Spratt, Eve G ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034189759     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005002005     Document Type: Article

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