Disinhibited attachment disorder

Disinhibited attachment disorder (DAD) according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), is defined as: Disinhibited attachment disorder (DAD) according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), is defined as: Disinhibited attachment disorder is a subtype of the ICD-10 category F94, 'Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence'. The other subtype of F94 is reactive attachment disorder of childhood (RAD – F94 .1). Synonymous or similar disorders include Affectionless psychopathy and Institutional syndrome. Within the ICD-10 category scheme, disinhibited attachment disorder specifically excludes Asperger syndrome (F84.5), hospitalism in children (F43.2), and hyperkinetic disorders (F90.-). The DSM-IV distinguishes two categories of RAD: an inhibited subtype and a disinhibited subtype (in the DSM it is listed as 313.89 under infant diagnoses). The ICD-10 describes the former, emotionally withdrawn subtype as RAD and the latter subtype as Disinhibited Attachment Disorder (DAD) (Zeanah et al., 2004).