Disinhibited reactive affective disorders symptoms impair social judgements from faces

Sebastien R. Miellet, University of Wollongong
Roberto Caldara, University of Fribourg
Christopher Gillberg, University of Glasgow
Monika Raju, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Glasgow
Helen Minnis, University of Glasgow

Miellet, S. R., Caldara, R., Gillberg, C., Raju, M. & Minnis, H. (2014). Disinhibited reactive affective disorders symptoms impair social judgements from faces. Psychiatry Research, 215 747-752.

Abstract

Typically developing adults and children can rapidly reach consensus regarding the trustworthiness of unfamiliar faces. Maltreated children can have problems with trusting others, yet those with the disinhibited form of reactive attachment disorder (dRAD) can be indiscriminately friendly.