Attach-China.org : Website all about attachment disorder, not just for families who have adopted from China, but from everywhere. Has list of symptoms.
Attachment disorder can occur in both adopted children and biological children. Sometimes, children who have experienced trauma through relinquishment from the birth parent, tragedy like a car accident can get it started, or a traumatic surgery, where a child has pain for a long time without relief.
Also, some children come out of abusive homes, or neglectful homes, or both. Children of alcoholics, drug addicts, any situation where the first year of care was interrupted frequently by trauma, this is a child who has the potential of developing attachment disorder.
If your child has any of the symptoms on the list (at attach-china.org) then cross check the symptoms with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and bi-polar disorder to see if your child may have another set of symptoms. Also, children who have PTSD and SID are at risk of attachment disorder. If the child has these symptoms, get help immediately.
Jyotsna
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