Can inattention/overactivity be an institutional deprivation syndrome?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 513-528

  Kreppner, Jana M ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a   Beckett, Celia ^b   Castle, Jenny ^b   Croft, Carla ^b   Dunn, Judy ^b   Groothues, Christine ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment disorder; Deprivation; Inattention; Institutional care; Overactivity

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOPTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; ROMANIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035653292     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012229209190     Document Type: Article

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