Although increasing numbers of childhood mental health problems are being attributed to genetic defects,<unk>  is by definition based on a problematic history of care and social relationships. Abuse can occur alongside the required factors, but on its own does not explain attachment disorder. It has been suggested that types of temperament, or constitutional response to the environment, may make some individuals susceptible to the stress of unpredictable or hostile relationships with caregivers in the early years. In the absence of available and responsive caregivers it appears that most children are particularly vulnerable to developing attachment disorders. While similar abnormal parenting may produce the two distinct forms of the disorder, inhibited and disinhibited, studies show that abuse and neglect were far more prominent and severe in the cases of<unk> , disinhibited type. The issue of temperament and its influence on the development of attachment disorders has yet to be resolved.<unk>  has never been reported in the absence of serious environmental adversity yet outcomes for children raised in the same environment are the same. In discussing the neurobiological basis for attachment and trauma symptoms in a seven-year twin study, it has been suggested that the roots of various forms of psychopathology, including<unk> , borderline personality disorder (BPD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), can be found in disturbances in affect regulation. The subsequent development of higher-order self-regulation is jeopardized and the formation of internal models is affected. Consequently, the "templates" in the mind that drive organized behavior in relationships may be impacted. The potential for "re-regulation" (modulation of emotional responses to within the normal range) in the presence of "corrective" experiences (normative caregiving) seems possible.
Reactive attachment disorder
Autism
Externalizing disorder
Immature personality disorder
Disinhibited attachment disorder
Internalizing disorder
Spectrum disorder
Haltlose personality disorder