Friday, April 12, 2013

Got RAD? DSM-V Rethinks the Diagnosis; Maybe You Should Too

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As most readers will know, the American Psychiatric Association periodically publishes a new edition of the Diagnostic and statistical m...
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Monday, April 8, 2013

"Chronic Biting Extinguished": Some Useful Ideas About Toddler Aggression

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I want to comment today on a most interesting presentation I attended at a meeting of the Delaware Valley Group chapter of the World Ass...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Investigation of the Death of Maxim Kuzmin (Shatto)

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Yulia Massino has called my attention to a report on the autopsy of Maxim Kuzmin (Shatto), the Russian-adopted three-year-old who died in ...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Attachment, Empathy, Conscience: What Are the Connections?

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A reader recently commented on this blog and referred to the belief that unless a child develops a secure attachment, he or she will be ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

More on the Death of Maxim Kuzmin (Shatto)

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An announcement at http://permianbasin360.com/fulltext?nxd_id=257022 states that the adoptive parents of the Russian-born three-year-ol...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Warnings From the Attachment Industry: Examining Online Material About Attachment Therapy

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Looking over the details of attachment therapy web sites is always interesting and revealing. Somehow, laborers in the attachment biz se...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

The RAD Defense: Questionable Testimony in the Chritton Trial

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What is the RAD defense? It’s an argument in a court of law, claiming that harm done to a child was not the fault of an abusive adult, but...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Attach-China: What Treatment Methods and Principles Does It Support?

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In response to my open letter of a few weeks ago to Mary Landrieu, on the subject of pre- and post-adoption training and services, Lynne L...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Unanswered Questions About the Death of Maxim Kuzmin (Max Alan Shatto)

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[Russian readers can find this post translated at http://yuliamass.livejournal.com/115359.html ] The New York Times yesterday and today...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Russian Adoption: Trying to Talk About Maxim Shatto

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I got up at 4 o’clock this morning to go to a TV studio and be linked to a Russian Channel 1 program (“Life with Mikhail Zelensky”) focu...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Don't Sign the Petition About Reactive Attachment Disorder and Relinquishment

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When those change.org petitions come around, it’s so hard not to sign them. They all sound good and deserving. But, of course, there’s not...