Abstract
Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is associated with early childhood maltreatment and has unknown population prevalence beyond infancy. All 1646 children aged 6-8 years old in a deprived sector of an urban UK centre were screened for RAD symptoms. Parents of high and low scorers were interviewed using semi-structured interviews probing for psychopathology and individuals likely to have RAD were offered face-to-face assessment. Questionnaire data were available from 92.8% of teachers and 65.8% of parents. Assessments were conducted with 50% of those invited and missing data were imputed - based on the baseline data - for the rest. We calculated that there would be 23 children with definite RAD diagnoses, suggesting that the prevalence of RAD in this population was 1.40% (95% CI 0.94-2.10). In this deprived general population, RAD was not rare.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 342-346 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | British Journal of Psychiatry |
Volume | 202 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 11 Apr 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2013 |
Keywords
- reactive attachment disorder
- RAD
- childhood maltreatment
- deprived population