Child Attachment Disorder (CAD): Causes and Symptoms

[CommunityAdmin]

Child attachment disorder is a broad term for a series of difficulties that can develop in children who were neglected or abused in early childhood.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/childrens-health/child-attachment-disorder-leaflet

[EdC]

Painful defaecation is likely to cause mistrust of mother. If it persists for two preschool years it may become lifelong and constitute a regular syndrome of dismissive attachment disorder, in Bowlby/ Ainsworth terms. Do you accept this? I am a retired clinical psychologist.