“The Cost of Diagnostic Oversight: Rumination Misattributed to Attachment in a Child With Tourette Syndrome. How an Adopted Child Stopped Feeling Embarrassed and His Parents Blamed after a Specialist Assessment that Led to Psychoeducation and Evidence-Based Interventions”
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Published online on November 07, 2025
Abstract
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 816-824, April 2026.
This paper explores how an adoptive family’s feelings of blame and embarrassment shifted after receiving an accurate diagnosis for their 9-year-old child. Narratives of attachment and trauma had been used previously to explain the child’s rumination and ...
This paper explores how an adoptive family’s feelings of blame and embarrassment shifted after receiving an accurate diagnosis for their 9-year-old child. Narratives of attachment and trauma had been used previously to explain the child’s rumination and ...