PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C A Rees
TI  - Thinking about children’s attachments
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2004.068650
DP  - 2005 Oct 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 1058--1065
VI  - 90
IP  - 10
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/10/1058.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/10/1058.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2005 Oct 01; 90
AB  - Disordered parental attachment can commit children to lives characterised by relationship difficulties, behaviour problems, educational failure, and poor self-esteem. It is a major root of trans-generational neglect and abuse and frequently underlies mental health problems, drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness, and crime. Early childhood setting of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis function appears to contribute to these costly difficulties. More broadly, the concept of attachment can contribute to defining and managing the psychosocial dimension of routine paediatric care. The current under-representation of attachment in paediatric education, practice, and research needs to be rectified.