Recent advances in the theories of and interventions with attachment disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-348

  Newman, Louise ^a   Mares, Sarah ^a  

^a The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment disorder; Attachment therapy; Disorganized attachment; Reactive attachment disorder

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34250029847     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3281bc0d08     Document Type: Review

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