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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 207008" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>Well, Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is not a wastebasket diagnosis (given when all else has been ruled out and nothing else fits), it's a definite diagnosis. It can occur even in children who have been in a stable home but have not, for some reason, formed a close trusting bond with a primary caregiver. It can also be seen in conjunction with other diagnoses. The main thing is neither to assume nor to automatically discount various diagnoses but to get a thorough evaluation done that provides enough information to make an accurate diagnosis. Of course cruelty to animals can be seen in more than one clinical setting and that's why I urged a complete evaluation before. </p><p></p><p>While everyone (including me) prefers a treatable diagnosis to one that isn't considered to have a good outcome, on the other hand, refusal to accept a carefully made diagnosis isn't helpful. There is treatment for CD and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), but the wrong treatment is just as harmful to a child as wrong treatment for anything else. I know this from personal experience. I'm not trying to 'push' certain diagnoses, I'm trying to convey some information that can be considered along with all other possibilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 207008, member: 2884"] Well, Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is not a wastebasket diagnosis (given when all else has been ruled out and nothing else fits), it's a definite diagnosis. It can occur even in children who have been in a stable home but have not, for some reason, formed a close trusting bond with a primary caregiver. It can also be seen in conjunction with other diagnoses. The main thing is neither to assume nor to automatically discount various diagnoses but to get a thorough evaluation done that provides enough information to make an accurate diagnosis. Of course cruelty to animals can be seen in more than one clinical setting and that's why I urged a complete evaluation before. While everyone (including me) prefers a treatable diagnosis to one that isn't considered to have a good outcome, on the other hand, refusal to accept a carefully made diagnosis isn't helpful. There is treatment for CD and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), but the wrong treatment is just as harmful to a child as wrong treatment for anything else. I know this from personal experience. I'm not trying to 'push' certain diagnoses, I'm trying to convey some information that can be considered along with all other possibilities. [/QUOTE]
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