Premium
Treatment for Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
Author(s) -
BeckerWeidman Arthur
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00428.x
Subject(s) - suite , citation , psychoanalysis , center (category theory) , psychology , library science , history , computer science , chemistry , archaeology , crystallography
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an approach to treating disorders of attachment based on attachment theory and research. Previously it was found that, one year after treatment ended, children who received DDP had clinically and statistically significant improvements while those in the control group did not. This study extends those results out to 4 years. The treatment group's scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) remained in the normal range. The control group's scores on several scales worsened to a statistically significant degree, despite the fact that they received treatment from other providers during the intervening period, averaging 50 sessions.