Reactive attachment disorder: (1) a mental disorder of infancy or early childhood characterized by disturbed social relatedness; thought to be caused by grossly pathologic care. (2) a DSM diagnosis that is established when the specified criteria are met.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Reactive attachment disorder: Markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate social relatedness that begins before age 5 and is associated with grossly pathological child care. The child may persistently fail to initiate and respond to social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way (inhibited type) or there may be a pattern of diffuse attachments with nondiscriminate sociability (disinhibited type). (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Source: MeSH 2007
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