The disposition of an infant or young child to identify and interact with the person or small set of persons considered most likely to provide them with care and protection is known as attachment.
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February 2020 issue – The Bridge attachment edition
This edition of The Bridge features paternal attachment, early caregiving, disinhibited social engagement behaviour, adolescent security and a parent’s perspective on attachment and adoption.
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Adoption and attachment: A parent’s perspective Part 2
I work as a psychiatrist, and I had a year’s experience of CAMHS psychiatry and I already had two thriving birth children when my adopted daughter came into our lives. None of this had prepared me for the challenges I faced when my daughter moved in.
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Ensuring attachment security in adolescents: as easy as ABC?
Researchers in the USA have examined whether infants of parents receiving the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) intervention show improvements in perceived attachment security later in middle childhood.
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Disinhibited social engagement behaviour is not unique to children exposed to inadequate caregiving
Interestingly, the course of DSEB was not associated with neglect, emotional maltreatment or effortful control but there was evidence for a significant association with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
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Early caregiving experiences shape adolescent attachment profiles
Secure attachment in adolescents seems to be associated with robust mental health and social skills. How the quality of early caregiving impacts on attachment security in adolescence, however, is less clear.
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Insecure paternal attachment contributes to childhood anxiety
A recent study has investigated the direct and indirect relationships between parent–child attachment and negative parental behaviours exhibited by mothers and fathers, individually, in a sample of children with clinical anxiety.
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Insecure paternal attachment confers a high cost on society
Youth that exhibit antisocial behaviours can impose a high cost on society due to the need for health, social and economic support in adulthood. Now, researchers have studied whether insecure attachment underlying antisocial behaviour contributes to or even adds to these costs.
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A Cross-cultural Examination of Attachment Relationships and Mental Health in Adolescents
Research into the protective factors for adolescent mental health such as attachment will help us understand the challenges adolescents face.
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‘ACEs, Attachment, and Trauma: new advances in understanding and treatment’ – 2020 Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference
The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference returns with a truly incredible line-up, focusing on ‘ACEs, Attachment, and Trauma: new advances in understanding and treatment’