RT Book, Section A1 Nurcombe, Barry A2 Ebert, Michael H. A2 Loosen, Peter T. A2 Nurcombe, Barry A2 Leckman, James F. SR Print(0) ID 3291727 T1 Chapter 45. Developmental Disorders of Attachment, Feeding, Elimination, & Sleeping T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e YR 2008 FD 2008 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-142292-5 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3291727 RD 2024/03/28 AB Normal infants are born with the capacity to attach to their parents and to elicit care from them. Defects in the infant's capacity to attach or elicit care, and deficiencies or disruption in the response of the caregiver, can be associated with a number of conditions such as reactive attachment disorder, rumination disorder of infancy, nonorganic failure to thrive, and psychosocial dwarfism. These conditions commence in infancy and, if not corrected, distort later social and intellectual development. Sleep problems often commence in the first 2 years of age. Pica and elimination disorders are usually first diagnosed between 2 and 5 years of age.