F94.2
Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
A particular pattern of abnormal social functioning that arises during the first five years of life and that tends to persist despite marked changes in environmental circumstances, e.g. diffuse, nonselectively focused attachment behaviour, attention-seeking and indiscriminately friendly behaviour, poorly modulated peer interactions; depending on circumstances there may also be associated emotional or behavioural disturbance. Affectionless psychopathy Institutional syndrome Excl.: Asperger syndrome (F84.5) hospitalism in children (F43.2) hyperkinetic disorders (F90.-) reactive attachment disorder of childhood (F94.1)