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Romania's abandoned children: : deprivation, brain development, and the struggle for recovery

Robert Legvold
- 01 Jan 2014 - 
- Vol. 93, Iss: 3, pp 190-191
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This article is published in Foreign Affairs.The article was published on 2014-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 22 citations till now.

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Early Adverse Experiences and the Developing Brain

TL;DR: A growing body of evidence suggesting that exposure to adverse circumstances affects the developing brain in ways that increase risk for a myriad of problems is reviewed, focusing on two forms of adversity.
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The science of early adversity: is there a role for large institutions in the care of vulnerable children?

TL;DR: The strength of scientific evidence imparts urgency to efforts to achieve deinstitutionalisation in global child protection sectors, and to intervene early for individual children experiencing deprivation.
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The effects of early foster care intervention on attention biases in previously institutionalized children in Romania

TL;DR: An attention bias towards positive stimuli was associated with reduced risk for behavioral problems amongst children who experienced early psychosocial deprivation and the magnitude of positive bias was predicted by age of placement into foster care among children with a history of institutionalization.
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Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder.

TL;DR: This Practice Parameter is a revision of a previous Parameter addressing reactive attachment disorder that was published in 2005 and reviews the current status of reactive attachment Disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder with regard to assessment and treatment.
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Early Adverse Experiences and the Developing Brain

TL;DR: A growing body of evidence suggesting that exposure to adverse circumstances affects the developing brain in ways that increase risk for a myriad of problems is reviewed, focusing on two forms of adversity.
Journal ArticleDOI

The science of early adversity: is there a role for large institutions in the care of vulnerable children?

TL;DR: The strength of scientific evidence imparts urgency to efforts to achieve deinstitutionalisation in global child protection sectors, and to intervene early for individual children experiencing deprivation.
Journal ArticleDOI

The effects of early foster care intervention on attention biases in previously institutionalized children in Romania

TL;DR: An attention bias towards positive stimuli was associated with reduced risk for behavioral problems amongst children who experienced early psychosocial deprivation and the magnitude of positive bias was predicted by age of placement into foster care among children with a history of institutionalization.
Journal ArticleDOI

Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder.

TL;DR: This Practice Parameter is a revision of a previous Parameter addressing reactive attachment disorder that was published in 2005 and reviews the current status of reactive attachment Disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder with regard to assessment and treatment.