title: ADHD and infant disorganized attachment: a prospective study of children next-born after stillbirth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether infant disorganized attachment predicts ADHD at school age.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cohort of 53 children who had been identified as having significant levels of disorganized attachment in infancy is compared to a control group. Symptoms and signs of ADHD at age 7 are evaluated together with a range of relevant maternal variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An association is found between infant disorganized attachment scores and teacher-rated symptoms of ADHD (but not ADHD caseness). Probable ADHD caseness in the child is associated with self-rated retrospective ADHD scores in mothers. Possible ADHD caseness is associated with a measure of unresolved mourning in mothers. Mother-rated ADHD in the child was associated with low overall maternal psychosocial functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The finding of a link between scores for disorganized attachment at 1 year and later teacher-rated symptoms of ADHD suggests the need for further studies.
authors.affiliation: St. George's University of London, UK. Carmen.Pinto@iop.kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turton
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillberg
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001722:Birth Order; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D035781:Siblings; D050497:Stillbirth