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Further, although attachment disorders tend to occur in the context of some institutions, repeated changes of primary caregiver, or extremely neglectful identifiable primary caregivers who show persistent disregard for the child's basic attachment needs, not all children raised in these conditions develop an attachment disorder.
By their usual definitions, childhood dementias always cause global neurocognitive decline. In some childhood dementia conditions the child's early development is indistinguishable from their healthy peers, then slows or plateaus before declining. In other childhood dementia disorders, early development may be slower than typical before declining.
Disinhibited attachment disorder (DAD) according to the International Classification of Diseases (), is defined as: "A particular pattern of abnormal social functioning that arises during the first five years of life and that tends to persist despite marked changes in environmental circumstances, e.g. diffuse, nonselectively focused attachment behaviour, attention-seeking and indiscriminately ...
Mainstream prevention programs and treatment approaches for attachment difficulties or disorders for infants and younger children are based on attachment theory and concentrate on increasing the responsiveness and sensitivity of the caregiver, or if that is not possible, placing the child with a different caregiver.
Two effective treatment approaches are play therapy or expressive therapy which help form attachment through multi-sensory means. Some therapy can be nonverbal. [9] Play Therapy: This is a therapy in which children use toys to “play” and interact with the environment in efforts to work through their problems and understand the world around ...
Dyadic developmental psychotherapy grounded in Bowlby's attachment theory and is based on the theory that maltreated infants not only frequently have disorganized attachments but also, as they mature, are likely to develop rigid self-reliance that becomes a compulsive need to control all aspects of their environment.
It is this form of treatment for attachment difficulties or disorders which is popularly known as "attachment therapy". [2] Advocates for Children in Therapy, a group that campaigns against attachment therapy, give a list of therapies they state are attachment therapy by another name. [13]
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children (Northvale, NJ and London: Jason Aronson Inc., 1998). ISBN 0-7657-0237-1; Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children, 2nd edn (Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson, 2006). ISBN 9780765704047