TRAUMA-RELATED DISORDERS - Reactive Attachment Disorder

Question 1

What is a main feature of reactive
attachment disorder, beside neglect in
early childhood? (2x)

Answer 1

Lack of comfort seeking behavior when

distressed

Question 2

Response of a child with reactive
attachment disorder (RAD) in Ainsworth’s
strange situation, once guardian returned
while stranger was in the room

Answer 2

Ignores both

Question 3

A child ignores both the caretaker and the
stranger in Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
experiment. What is the most likely
diagnosis?

Answer 3

Reactive attachment disorder

Question 4

2 yo ward of state, poor social reciprocity,
awareness, and boundaries, with restricted
affect and behavior in situations that should
normally elicit emotion. Two years after
foster home placement, patient does not
show any of the symptoms. Diagnosis when
first evaluated at two years old?

Answer 4

Reactive attachment disorder

Question 5

Highest rates of deprivation specific
patterns of behavior found in children
with?

Answer 5

Institutionalization (foundling homes)
beyond 6 months of age independent of
nutritional status