Arrested Development

'Arrested Development' is an archaic term for developmental disorders, situations where the growth and maturation of an individual has been seriously hindered. This generally causes a cascade effect of other, unhealthy behavioral or physiological patterns in a person's later life, particularly in their sexual and interpersonal lives.

The use of the term arrested development is out of favor within the psychological and behavioral scientific community owing to its over-simplistic meaning. People have attached this otherwise professional psychological term to people without truly understanding its deeper meaning and implications. As such, most behaviorists prefer the term Development Disorder instead.

For more information, see Arrested Development on the Wikipedia page.