Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 703-712 , June 2000

Attachment Disorder Behavior Following Early Severe Deprivation: Extension and Longitudinal Follow-up

  • THOMAS G. O'CONNOR, PH.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dr. O'Connor, Institute of Psychiatry, 111 Denmark Hill, London, England SE5 8AF
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  • MICHAEL RUTTER, M.D.
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  • the ENGLISH and ROMANIAN ADOPTEES STUDY TEAM

,Accepted 9 November 1999.

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 The English and Romanian Adoptees Study Team includes Lucie Andersen-Wood, Celia Beckett, Diana Bredenkamp, Jenny Castle, Judy Dunn, Christine Groothues, Kathryn Ehrich, Alexandra Harborne, Dale Hay, Jessica Jewett, Lisa Keaveney, Jana M. Kreppner, Julie Messer, David Quinton, and Adele White. Support for the research was made possible by funding from the Medical Research Council of the UK and the UK Department of Health.

PII: S0890-8567(09)66239-0

doi: 10.1097/00004583-200006000-00008

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 703-712 , June 2000

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