Editorial: Infant Regulatory Disorders: Does Early Intervention Make a Difference?

Abstract

Early regulatory disturbances (ERD), such as excessive crying, feeding, or sleeping difficulties and attachment problems, have a population prevalence in very young children (ie, at age 1.5 years) that is very similar to that for behavioral problems in older children¹ and for which the stability is similarly high (ie, 50%). They also predict longer-term difficulties including delays in motor, language and cognitive development, and parent-child relational problems.² Some types of regulatory disturbance (eg, insecure and disorganized attachment) are strongly associated with later psychopathology including behavioral problems³ and personality disorder.⁴.