Understanding attachment and attachment disorders: theory, evidence and practice

Introduction

What is attachment?

The classifications of attachment

What are the factors influencing attachment organization (and disorganisation)?

Affectional bonds and attachment figures

Is attachment theory valid across cultures?

Introduction

Assessments of attachment

Assessments of caregiving

Which domains of functioning are hypothesised to be correlated with attachement and what are the possible pathways of its influence?

Evidence for correlations between attachment security/insecurity and the child's functioning

Two versions of attachment disorder

Research on attachment disorder - The nature of attachment disorder

Introduction

Evidence-based interventions : enhancing caregiver sensitivity

Evidence-based interventions : change of caregiver

Interventions with no evidence base

Conclusions regarding interventions.