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Holding Therapy and Autism Ranking: Mildly Hazardous Insufficient/Mixed evidence

Audience

Holding therapy was designed to help children with a disturbed attachment (failure to form normal relationships) to their mother.

The supporters of holding therapy claim that children with a disturbed attachment to their mother include some children with autism, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, attachment disorder, depression, developmental disorders, and other affective disorders.

Updated
17 Jun 2022
Last Review
01 Oct 2016
Next Review
01 Feb 2023