RAD

Definition: Acronym for Reactive Attachment Disorder. A condition with onset before age five, resulting from an early lack of consistent care, characterized by a child's or infant's inability to make appropriate social contact with others. Symptoms may include failure to thrive, developmental delays, failure to make eye contact, feeding disturbances, hyper-sensitivity to touch and sound, failure to initiate or respond to social interaction, indiscriminate sociability, self-stimulation, and susceptibility to infection.

Also Known As:Reactive attachment disorder, attachment disorder

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Attachment
Sources of information, guidance, and treatments for attachment problems, for present and future adoptive parents.

Symptoms of RAD
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