Attachment has been implicated in the development of social anxiety. Our aim was to synthesise the extant literature exploring the role of adult attachment in these disorders. Method Search terms relating to social anxiety and attachment were entered into MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Science. Risk...
The majority of attachment research in terms of development and particularly in psychiatric disorders has focused on infants, adolescents, and adults, while children aged between 6 and 12 have largely been neglected [11,12]. As the child´s cognitive, emotional, and linguistic abilities mature ...
Insufficient care is associated with most psychiatric disorders and psychosocial problems, and is part of the etiology of reactive attachment disorder (RAD
Epilepsy & behavior: E&BMula M, Danquah-Boateng D, Cock HR, Khan U, Lozsadi DA, et al. (2016) Different attachment styles correlate with mood disorders in adults with epilepsy or migraine. Epilepsy Behav 54: 110-114.
The present study uses semi-structured interviews with 23 adults who, as children, were raised with a parent who experienced schizophrenia. This reveals a range of attachment problems, resulting in difficulties in forming secure adult relationships. Problems with trust and intimacy were found to be ...
What began as emotional stress ends in physical brain damage. We can now do brain scans showing that whole chunks of neurons in some brain regions don’t fire. I felt this as “parts of my brain are dark.” There is literally a “hole in me.” You can see the black holes in the ...
“The early day protections have been lost,” he said, “so as a result… there is an increase in psychiatric disorders in this country and the reason is that we have not protected this early phase of infant life, the early mother bonding…” ...
Forty adults with serious psychopathological disorders were administered the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Attachment strategies were assessed using Kobak's (1989) Q-sort method, which yields scores along the two dimensions of security/anxiety and repression/preoccupation. Expressed emotion was rated...
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders Tessa Chesher & Charles H. Zeanah 215 Accesses Synonyms Disinhibited attachment disorder; Disinhibited social engagement disorder; Emotionally withdrawn/inhibited attachment disorder; Indiscriminate friendliness; Indiscriminate sociability; Indiscriminate social behavior; ...
has typically been studied in developmental psychology, while disorganized attachmentstylehas more recently been investigated for adults in the social psychology literature. Regardless of the psychological focus, disorganized attachment (style) is a key component of the attachment system first detailed by ...