Development of a brief waiting room observation for behaviours typical of reactive attachment disorder

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-79

  McLaughlin, Alexis ^a   Espie, Carolyn ^a   Minnis, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Observation; Reactive Attachment Disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 77954939223     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2009.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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