Reactive Attachment Disorder

Frequency of RAD diagnosis and attachment disorder in community mental health agency clients.

“…When an environment is particularly unhealthy, the behavior a child adopts to get his or her needs met may be characterized as an adaptive response, even if the behavior would be considered pathological in other settings. For instance, disinhibited behavior for children in a Guatemalan orphanage served as a way for them to get their need for attention and stimulation met; however, this dis inhibited behavior was maladaptive once they left the orphanage (Minnis, 2001). …”