Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a rare condition of emotional dysfunction in which a baby or child has difficulty forming a bond with parents or caregivers due to early neglect or mistreatment.

RAD is a rare condition in which children fail to form healthy relationships with their caregivers. Natalia said in "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace" that she felt her diagnosis was "understandable.

Parents in that situation never feel like they can let their guard down even for a minute because they don't know what's going to happen next,” said Tamarah Johnson, the secretary of the Alliance for ...

My ideal client is an exhausted, overwhelmed parent raising a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder or severe adoption trauma. They feel isolated, misunderstood, and worn down by constant crisis.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though, in a plot arc ripped from the 2009 movie The Orphan, the Barnetts became obsessed with the idea Natalia was actually an ...