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    Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) Treatment There are many treatments for RAD: inner child work, cognitive restructuring, insight oriented therapy, holding therapy, re-parenting, cognitive behavioral therapy, and theraplay to name a few. Nevertheless, some of them have proven to be more effective than others, while some are highly controversial such as holding therapy which consist of obligating the disordered child to hugged or force them to receive tokens of affection against their will. Re-parenting

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    Case Study: Transference The flowing case study of a female, Mallory, suffering from transference, reactive attachment disorder, and depressive disorder due to reactive attachment disorder believed to be caused by incidents that occurred between her and an important individual in her life. Mallory initially comes to see Dr. Santos for what she descried as mild depressive symptoms. Patient/Client Mallory is a 25-year-old female. She said before coming that she is dissatisfied with multiple aspects

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    Reactive attachment disorder manifests before the age of five and affects how a child is able to attach to their guardians, teachers, friends, authority figures, and any other person in their lives. There are two recognized types of reactive attachment disorder. The inhibited type and the disinhibited type (Rhodes, 2016). The inhibited type is “emotionally withdrawn” (Roberds & Davis, 2011). They do not initiate social relations or respond developmentally appropriately. The disinhibited type could

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    (CCAI, 2012). Can these children developmental need be meet in institutions and enable children to make sucker attachments? The American Journal of Psychiatry’s article “A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Foster Care and Institutional Care for Children With Signs of Reactive Attachment Disorder” examines signs of emotionally withdrawn and indiscriminately social reactive attachment disorder in three groups of young Romanian children that were abandoned by their parents. The placement of children

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    out that i had Reactive Attachment Disorder. You can get this from being abused when you were a little kid or a baby. Well in my case I was abused by my mom for two years. She abused me since the day I came home from the hospital till the I was almost three years old and got put into foster care so I got away from the person who was abusing me for a couple of month's. I just found out on January tenth, 2017 at a meeting that I had to go to that I had Reactive Attachment Disorder. You can also

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    A Research on Reactive Attachment Disorder of Early Childhood Yolanda Ashton Liberty University Abstract This paper explores the psychological disorder known as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). It will investigate how a child diagnosed with RAD will have an inefficient connection with his or her caregiver during an early age. RAD is considered a serious disorder which affects infant and young children who have difficulties

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    that Will faced a lot of troubles in his youth, and these experiences shaped his adult personality and attitude towards life. The movie gives evidence that Will suffers from quite a few psychological disorders, however the film focuses on one in particular that we concluded is Reactive Attachment Disorder. Unfortunately, Will was an orphan, who was bounced around from home to home, all while being mistreated and misguided along the way. Due to his lack of a role model and no adult taking an active interest

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    Extensive Overview of Reactive Attachment Disorder Reactive attachment disorder, also known as RAD, is characteristic of children who have developmentally inappropriate attachment behaviors. As mentioned in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (2013), “The essential feature (of reactive attachment disorder) is absent or grossly underdeveloped attachment between the child and putative caregiving adults” (p. 266). This underdeveloped attachment is in response to a child

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    Reactive Attachment Disorder 1. Introduction Reactive Attachment Disorder is classified under Trauma- and Stressor- Related Disorders under the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The following mental disorders are also classified under Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders: Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorders, Other Specified Trauma-

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    Reactive attachment disorder is a disorder that impairs a child’s social skills before the age of five. (Shi, 2014) Children diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder have a hard time getting close to others. They are ones who are neglected, abused or constantly changing caregivers. It is hard for these children to get close to others when all they know is negative things about personal relationships. If a child is raised not knowing how to trust or be close to anyone, they will have issues with

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