What is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)?
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a clinically recognized form of severe insecure attachment. Children with RAD are so neurologically disrupted that they cannot attach to a primary caregiver or go through the normal developmental processes. Often these children who cannot establish positive relationships with other people have been abused, neglected or separated from their primary caretakers. Many have been incorrectly diagnosed as having severe emotional and behavioral disturbances ranging from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to bipolar disorder to depression. In response to these diagnoses, they may have received various combinations of unnecessary psychotropic mediation. See Online Resources for an excellent website that thoroughly describes the problem. How is inadequate attachment repaired? Recent studies show that it’s never too late to create positive change in a child’s life, or in an adult’s, for that matter. The learning that accompanies new experiences ca
