“(RAD) Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood first found its place in our diagnostic and classification manuals in the 1980’s. The wave of children from Romania and other Eastern Bloc countries startled well-intentioned adoptive families all over America in that decade with their astounding listlessness, resistance to affection, and developmental delays (Federici, 2000).”
Written and Produced by Michael Trout, Director of The Infant-Parent Institute