title: [Social withdrawal behaviour in infant: clinical and research interest].
abstract: The social withdrawal behaviour concept is presented, along with its historical background and its links to infant depression. Sustained social withdrawal behaviour in infancy is observed either with attachment disorders, in autism, sensory impairment, intense and chronic pain, or in interaction disorders and as effects of maternal depression on the infant. The alarm distress baby scale (ADBB) is a 8 item-assessment scale. It has been built to help screening early withdrawal behaviour, making use for example of the routine physical examination in a Well Baby clinic. Current clinical and research application and validations of the scale are presented.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie infanto-juvénile, intersecteur du 18e, Faculté de médecine Xavier-Bichat, Université Denis-Diderot Paris VII, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Polyclinique Ney, 75018 Paris, France. antoine.guedeney@ bch.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guedeney
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumond
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: Nafsica
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Starakis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*