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.

A plethora of misconceptions about attachment and attachment styles abound on social media. Here, four of the most common, ...

It's a heartbreaking story. Infants and young children who are not held, abused, neglected, or who do not have a stable caregiver sometimes grow into children and adolescents facing a specific set of ...

Disinhibited social engagement disorder is an attachment disorder that causes a child to be over-friendly or overfamiliar around people they do not know, with a lack of wariness around strangers.

A former parenting blogger spoke to PEOPLE about her family's difficult decision to re-home their daughter with reactive attachment disorder Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at ...

Learn about Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), its causes, symptoms, and treatment. Understand how early care can impact a child’s emotional development ...

Through documentaries and dramatizations, the Natalia Grace Barnett case highlights the intersection of international adoption, developmental disorders and family systems under extraordinary stress.