Prevalence of reactive attachment disorder in a deprived population

Helen Minnis; Susan Macmillan; Rachel Pritchett; David Young; Brenda Wallace; John Butcher; Fiona Sim; Katie Baynham; Claire Davidson; Christopher  Gillberg

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114074

Prevalence of reactive attachment disorder in a deprived population

Helen Minnis, Susan Macmillan, Rachel Pritchett, David Young, Brenda Wallace, John Butcher, Fiona Sim, Katie Baynham, Claire Davidson, Christopher Gillberg

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114074
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2013

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reactive attachment disorder
RAD
childhood maltreatment
deprived population

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