Reactive attachment disorder as an evolutionary adaptation

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-281

  Balbernie, Robin ^a  

^a Secure Start   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloparenting; Evolution; Intersubjectivity; Maltreatment; Multiple choice attachment; Reactive attachment disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; REFUSAL TO TREAT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952398308     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2010.482223     Document Type: Article

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