Reactive Attachment Disorder

Question: What is the name of the video about reactive attachment disorder in infants that was filmed in an orphanage? I think it was reactive attachment disorder, and I think it was a Romanian orphanage. The babies were never played with and only given care when they needed to be fed, bathed, etc., and as a result, were visibly depressed. I learned about it years ago in a psych class in high school and can't remember the name of the video for the life of me.

Answer: .....Related videos http://www.healingresources.info/emotion… http://aheadwithautism.com/orphanvideo.h… http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story… More about reactive attachment disorder (RAD) http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infec… http://www.helpguide.org/mental/parentin… http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infec…

Question: Punishing a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder? My child is 17 and is constantly lying. Nothing I do seems to make any difference. Recently she skipped school and then lied about it. I think she may have reactive attachment disorder and I don't know how to punish her for what she has done. Any suggestions?

Answer: talk to a therapist or a counselor. they should be able to help you figure out what to do

Question: what is the best treatment for reactive attachment disorder RAD? what is the best treatment for reactive attachment disorder RAD and why?

Answer: Reactive attachment disorder is a newly recognized disorder and as such not much information is available. Treatments vary from traditional therapy to centers selling a quick fix. Seek specialized counseling for the child.

Question: Do you know anything about Reactive Attachment Disorder? I have a 5 year old student with pervasive developement disorder (PDD. NOS) and reactive attachment disorder. Any information on how reactive attachment disorder effects a child would be helpful.

Answer: Reactive Attachment Disorder is a condition in which a child develops a mistrust for caregivers, impeding upon effective attachment behavior. The developmental stages following the first three years are distorted, and common symptoms, such as aggression, a lack of impulse control, and preoccupation with dangerous things, may emerge. A child exhibiting such behaviors should receive an evaluation by a mental health professional in order to determine the exact cause of them. Reactive Attachment Disorder is most common in children who have experienced trauma during infancy.

Question: Punishing a child with reactive attachment disorder? My daughter has reactive attachment disorder. She is 17 and skipped school on monday. When we asked her about it she lied. As a punishment her father and I have decided to sell her horse. My question is, is this punishment appropriate for a child with this disorder? Are there any suggestions that would be possibly more helpful? Thank you She has also only had the horse for 1 week

Answer: wow i would probably hate you for the rest of my life!!! i dont think its right because she is ill. besides being ill she is probably attached to her pet (i am with my dog) if i find out they sold my dog i would probable hate my parents for it. im 20 years old. i would suggest you take something else away such as an object. and make it for a period of time not permanent. ex: tv, going out, phone, dont buy her any new stuff, dont let her go outside.

Question: What is reactive attachment disorder and how it can be diagnosis? My daughter aged 20 is facing problems in attachment with her mother. Is it called RAD or not.

Answer: Almost certainly not. RAD is almost exclusively diagnosed in young children. It's most commonly diagnosed in adopted children from orphanages or who have faced extremely abusive or neglectful conditions in their early life. So unless she was recently adopted, I highly highly doubt that's the case. It could be depression, a number of other conditions or just insecure attachment. Also it could be normal behavior. At 20, a person is normally pulling away from their parents. I recommend you look into therapy, especially if your daughter is very unhappy.

Question: What exactly is "Reactive Attachment Disorder"? I have something called reactive attachment disorder. I'm not sure exactly what it is...I just know it isn't good. What are the symptoms of this disorder?

Answer: Here, wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_attachment_disorder :)

Question: What kind of treatment do Reactive Attachment Disorder kids go through and what is the name? I need to know the most common type. Or any info on treatment. Please answer. 10 points can be really easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer: There are various sorts of treatment for this condition. One factor is the child's age. For infants, primary work with the parent(s) is often the major focus. For older children and teens, who often meet the clinical criteria for Complex Trauma (chronic early maltreatment within a care-giving relationship) treatments such as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment can be used.

Question: Is there any relationship between reactive attachment disorder and antisocial personality disorder? The reason is my older sister has RADs and I was reading online about sociopaths and she fits perfectly in both. So I was wondering if she could be a sociopath.

Answer: maybe, its possible. try talking to your parents about it.

Question: reactive attachment disorder or social phobia? well, I just want to know which one is worst. I was first diagnosed with social phobia... I've been reading alot about this but I dunno about reactive attachment disorder. Are they similar?

Answer: No, my dear they are not at all similar. Reactive attachment disorder is a rather serious disorder and it involves all those you have relationships with. Social Phobia is generally problematic when confronted with social situations. I hope you have social phobia dear one.

Question: Can someone comment on Reactive Attachment Disorder? I am anxious to hear the profile on the Adult as far as work ethic,and personal relationships and parent hood,especially in men. I am trying to find a predictor of sorts for my neice that's getting serious about a boy in the group home. He told her he has RAD and I understand the basic concept well. What can her mom and I expect.

Answer: Yikes a group home kid? they have already been raised wrong and now they are i na big house with OTHER kids with problems( we called them the dirties) I am glad I didn't have to go to a group home !\ I know its wrong to judge people but they were the smokers and they got bad grades.RAD is Bad lol but mty therapist says grown ups with rad are actually more schitz- oid.whatever that means

Question: Has anyone else adopted a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder? My son has it and it can be so frustrating. One week he loves me, the next he doesn't. I love him with all of my heart and wish I could help him more. My son is 7 and we have had him for 3 years. Sam, I sense that you are dealing with a lot of personal issues and pain. I am sorry for that. I would never, ever give up on him. I couldn't love him more if he was my own flesh and blood.

Answer: My brother was adopted and he also had a severe attachment disorder. Way back then, there wasn't a name for it, nor was there any understanding of it. Personally, I am doubtful there were any workers (from the top dogs down to the lowest workers) among the state adoption agencies in 1959, when my brother was born, who would have even cared to consider that serious repercussions would be felt down the road as a result of their callous practices. I don't know the story of your son, and you certainly aren't obligated to author his biography for all to read. Of course there are endless combinations of environmental factors that make each child who is stricken with this disorder a unique story unto him or herself. My brother was adopted as an infant of only three months of age, but was so neglected in foster care during those critical three months that the physical and emotional damage was insurmountable. And there are also genetic factors pulling their share of the strings, despite the denial of some psychiatric "experts" who choose to ignore evidence that doesn't fit their own "theory-of-the-day" which each one is almost certainly relying upon to launch themselves into some Freudian immortality in their self-obsessed need to leave some legacy equal to their own narcissism. As a child, I was the youngest of two biological siblings that came along after my brother was adopted. It was always very clear that he would have preferred to be an only child; but, absent that choice when my mother became pregnant, twice, against all medical predictions, I am quite sure my brother found it even more unbearable when each of us were born female. My sister and I may have had an existance with my brother, but we never had a sibling relationship with him. Of course I am an adult now, and the mother of three children of my own. I am also a Criminologist, and formerly a preschool teacher and counselor, who has studied extensively the many anti-social personality disorders that evolve from the child who fails to bond in infancy, often only because the beaurocracy of the child protective agencies who fail to recognize the catastrophic damage that is essentially irreversible. This might be painful to read... but your son will almost certainly not get "better" ...and he won't one day wake up a well adjusted child with the capacity to love or empathize. He likely has no real understanding of what love actually is, and he will never be able to feel empathy or have an understanding of the pain others feel as the result of his actions. For these children, and later when they are adults, a conscience is completely absent. Despite the child psychiatrists who promote hope to distraught parents who so want to believe there are endless possible ways to "create" or somehow "teach" these children the ability to feel empathy... the truth is that they are willfully dismissing decades of data that prove these "Utopia Theories" completely lacking in any credible evidence. There is no doubt in my mind that YOU have the capacity to love your child until the end of time. And he will recognize your devotion to him and the security that it provides. The good news is that the vast majority of adults with anti-social personality disorders (such as attachment disorders) never become the criminals I have to deal with. In fact, ironically, they become CEO's of major companies, successful stock brokers, neurosurgeons... etc. The unconditional love you show your child, with an acceptance that he does not possess the capacity to return that love in the same way, will help guide him toward a productive life rather than lose him to the lure of crime.

Question: Is it possible to develop reactive attachment disorder as a teen/preteen? Just wondering, I can't find any relating information on it online. I'm mostly wondering if it's possible to develop it as a teenager, and if so, what would the causes of developing it as a teen?

Answer: he link has a lot of info from causes to risk factors to treatment and diagnosis

Question: can reactive attachment disorder be 'cured' or treated so that it no longer exists or is severe? in what way? can reactive attachment disorder be 'cured' or treated so that it no longer exists or is severe? in what way? can it go away completely, or just so that the person is able to feel some more form of empathy and attachment? wondering because i am writing a novel and considering having a character dx with RA among other things.

Answer: It can be treated, not cured. Treatment of reactive attachment disorder involves a mix of psychological counseling, medications, and education about the disorder. Treatment for reactive attachment disorder often includes individual psychological counseling, education of parents/caregivers about it, parenting skills classes, family therapy, medication, special needs services, residential/inpatient treatment, development of attachment between the patient and his or her therapist, and finally close, comforting physical contact. Read more on Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatment: http://mental-health.wegohealth.com/reac… Best of luck on writing your novel!

Question: Reactive Attachment Disorder? I am doing a research paper on Reactive Attachment Disorder and one of the points I must address is a "Man or woman "coming out" regarding their homosexuality and lesbianism with Reactive Attachment Disorder." Can anyone help me find information on this? Thanks.

Answer: There isnt really a link between the two. Otherwise gay people wouldnt be fighting for marriage rights.

Question: Reactive Attachment Disorder - Any Success Stories? We have a 9yo adopted daughter with reactive attachment disorder. Our family life is a roller coaster the phyc says that it will get worse, and if we cant take it to give her up. Are there any success stories of children with RAD? She was adopted at age 3 after 6 placements in foster homes.

Answer: I was adopted as an infant and diagnosed with ODD, ADD, and depression at a very young age. It's been my experience that doctors often mis/over diagnose adopted people because they are not familiar with the signs of adoption trauma exhibited in children who are unable to really even understand what they are feeling. I would say there are very VERY few cases of TRUE Reactive Attachment Disorder. Have you and your family read a book called "The Primal Wound"? An adoptive parent wrote it. It's mostly about how separation from your natural family leads to different reactions in different people. It can help explain about some of the behaviors that are typical in different adoptees and where they are coming from. Also, you can read a blog post I wrote about ODD here: http://thequeenofdenial.wordpress.com/20… The last thing I would say is PLEASE, please, PLEASE don't give up on your daughter. It's already sad enough that for whatever reasons her natural family wasn't able to care for her. Can you imagine how it would be to have her adoptive family (her forever family) decide that she is not loveable as well? She's only nine years old. Just a little girl. Adoptees will test and hurt the people closest to them to try to make them leave before they can be hurt again. Sometimes I still struggle with it!

Question: Does anyone have reactive attachment disorder? I was adopted when i was a baby and i think i have this disorder.

Answer: The best thing to do is not to assume. Talk to a specialist. This is often missed or undiagnosed due to the lack of legitimate resources for care and treatment. This IS a disorder that affects natural and adopted children, although more attachment disorders are common in adopted children due to the adoption process. Talk therapy will only rob you of time, and money and has largely proven to be ineffective. www.radconsultancy.com is ONE resource, although there are several. They have a book at Amazon.com or it can be obtained on line if you want to start there as well.

Question: Does anyone have a child who has been diagnosed with RAD (reactive attachment disorder)? A friend of mine adopted from Russia and her son was just diagnosed with RAD. Anyone have any input or success stories with treatment? Or any information that might help her to help her son? Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer: Have her get in contact with the people on these two forums. http://www.soulofadoption.com http://informedadoptions.com There are people on both of these forums that deal with this issue.

Question: How do I get a diagnosis for reactive attachment disorder? I believe I may have it.?

Answer: See a psychologist / psychiatrist.

Question: Know anyone diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder? My family adopted twins 17 years ago. The girls ended up being diagnosed with severe Reactive Attachment Disorder. They have now turned 18, and after 17 years of heartache, suffering and psychological games, my family--all who have been emotionally (and for my parents, physically) effected--now have a chance to heal. Please share your own stories and ways of healing for others who may be dealing with these kinds of kids/adults.

Answer: I don't know anyone with this, but this is a common diagnosis for people who have been adopted, especially from other countries.