Although the term attachment disorder is ambiguous, attachment therapies are increasingly used with children who are maltreated, particularly those in foster care or adoptive homes. Some children described as having attachment disorders show extreme disturbances. The needs of these children and their caretakers are real. How to meet their needs is less clear. A number of attachment-based treatm...

The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy of short-term psychoeducational treatment in children with autism and reactive attachment disorder (RAD). Ten boys with autism aged 24-66 months and 11 children with RAD (nine boys and two girls) aged 30-70 months were included in the study. The Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory was used to monitor progress following a 14-sess...

OBJECTIVE A comprehensive approach is needed for diagnosing disordered attachment behavior due to the multifaceted nature of attachment. Differences between various indicators can pose a challenge for deciding on the proper diagnosis. This study assessed the convergence between clinical interview assessment and observation-based clinical diagnosis, and their linkages with inadequate care. MET...

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a severe disorder of social functioning. Previous research has shown that children with RAD may have poor cognitive and language abilities; however, findings mainly come from biased, institutionalised samples. This paper describes the characteristics of all children who were given a suspected or likely diagnosis of reactive attachment disorder in an epidemi...

aim and background: the aim of present study was to compare attachment styles between young adults with visual or auditory defects and normal groups in isfahan city. methods and materials: the present study assessed by ex-post facto method. the statistical society of the study is including of all young adults with visual, auditory defects and normal people.80 young adults with visual defects (4...

place is not only a shelter for human activities but also a phenomena that he interacts with it. furthermore, through this interaction, human gives meaning to the place, attaches to it and sometimes even identifies himself by it. in addition, human’s need to the emotional interaction with the place in which he lives, “place attachment”; is one of the most important principles that architects, u...

BACKGROUND Between 5 and 20% of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction fail and require revision. Animal studies have demonstrated slower incorporation of allograft tissue, which may affect the mechanism of graft failure. The purpose of this study is to determine the location of traumatic graft failure following ACL reconstruction and investigate differences in failure patterns between autograf...