Report of the APSAC task force on attachment therapy, reactive attachment disorder, and attachment problems

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-89

  Chaffin, Mark ^a   Saunders, Rochelle Hanson Benjamin E ^b   Nichols, Todd ^c   Barnett, Douglas ^d   Zeanah, Charles ^e   Berliner, Lucy ^f   Egeland, Byron ^g   Newman, Elana ^h   Lyon, Tom ⁱ   Letourneau, Elizabeth ^j   Miller Perrin, Cindy ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Family Attachment Counseling Center

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Harborview Sexual Assault Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Attachment therapy; Reactive attachment disorder

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW;

CHILD; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER;

EID: 32244448486     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559505283699     Document Type: Review

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