PSYC 3F20 Lecture Notes - Etiology
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Rad: diagnostic criteria: consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult caregivers including both 1 and 2, child rarely of minimally seeks comfort when distressed, child rarely/ minimally responds to comfort when distressed, a persistent social and emotional disturbance characterized by at least two of the following, minimal social and emotional responsiveness to others, limited positive affect, episodes of unexplained irritability, sadness, or fearfulness that are evident even during nonthreatening interactions with adult caregivers, the child has experienced a pattern of extremes of insufficient care as evidenced by at least 1 of the following, social neglect or deprivation in the form of having basic emotional needs for comfort, stimulation, and affection met, repeated changes of primary caregivers that limit opportunities to form, rearing in unusual settings that severely limit opportunities to form stable attachments selective attachments, care in criterion c presumed responsible for criterion a.
