Percentage of people affected with attachment disorder?
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I am working on a research paper and i need statistics.
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Answer by hope
The prevalence of reactive attachment disorder has been estimated at 1% of all children under the age of five.
Answer by Muna-Sports Addict
Research has shown that up to 80% of high risk families (abuse and neglect, poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, history of maltreatment in parents’ childhood, depression and other psychological disorders in parents) create severe attachment disorders in their children. Since there are one million substantiated cases of serious abuse and neglect in the U.S. each year, the statistics indicate that there are 800,000 children with severe attachment disorder coming to the attention of the child welfare system each year. This does not include thousands of children with attachment disorder adopted from other countries
The number of children seriously injured by maltreatment quadrupled from 1986 (140,000) to 1993 (600,000).
Three million cases of maltreatment were investigated by Child Protective Services in 1995. Over one million were confirmed as serious abuse and/or neglect with risk for continued maltreatment. Surveys indicated the actual number of cases are 10 to 16 times higher.
Child Protective Services are unable to handle the vast increases; only 28% of seriously maltreated children were evaluated in 1993 compared to 45% in 1986.
One in 10 children and adolescents in the U.S. today has emotional problems so severe that they cannot function normally.
21% of children in the U.S. ages 9 to 17 have diagnosable mental or addictive disorders.
The current generation of children is more likely to be depressed and anxious than its parents’ generation; the number of children and teens taking medication for depression (Prozac) and ADHD (Ritalin) more than doubled between 1987 and 1996.
Since the 1980’s, the number of murders committed by youths has soared 168% and suicides increased 140%; suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people.
2000 children in the U.S. die each year from abuse and neglect.
One in four adolescents is at risk of not achieving a productive and fulfilling adulthood; 50% report smoking marijuana, 30% use other illicit drugs, and one-third engage in binge drinking; 20% consider suicide; 40% witness serious violence; and 11% drop out of high school.
15% of 18 to 24 year olds are “disconnected;” almost 4 million young adults are not in school or working, a disturbing trend (Quartz & Sejnowski 2002; Institute for American Values 2003; Kids Count 2004).
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