Sunday, April 20, 2008

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) and the Hit Man

I borrowed this from wikipedia for the benefit of those interested in psychoanalyzing the Hit Man. I doubt if we will find the answer to his deepest inner-workings anytime soon, but it is always worth the effort to try.

I understand from a close friend whose words are veracity at their least, that the Hit Man and George W. Bush golf together. I will have more to say on this in the future. I must run now because crime is on the rampage.

Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleaners

Children need sensitive and responsive caregivers to develop secure attachments
Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is the diagnostic term for severe and relatively uncommon disorders of attachment that can affect children. RAD is characterized by markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate ways of relating socially in most contexts. It can take the form of a persistent failure to initiate or respond to most social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way—known as the "inhibited" form—or can present itself as indiscriminate sociability, such as excessive familiarity with relative strangers—known as the "disinhibited form". RAD arises from a failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early childhood. Such a failure could result from severe early experiences of neglect, abuse, abrupt separation from caregivers between the ages of six months and three years, frequent change of caregivers, or a lack of caregiver responsiveness to a child's communicative efforts. The criteria for a diagnosis of a reactive attachment disorder are very different from the criteria used in assessment or categorization of attachment styles such as insecure or disorganized attachment. Children with RAD are presumed to have grossly disturbed internal working models of relationships which may lead to interpersonal and behavioral difficulties in later life. There are few studies of long-term effects, and there is a lack of clarity about the presentation of the disorder beyond the age of five years. (more...)

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