Honestly, I have not studied RAD in probably 15 years, but I have had a fair amount of experience in dealing with kids with RAD. As a former prosecutor, I dealt with several cases of kids with RAD. And in private practice, I represented, as guardian ad litem, a few kids with RAD. So I’m inferring from the information presented in the news articles, and based on my experience, and my education (undergrad degree in psych) that this is a RAD situation. Obviously, all of us are inferring or speculating based on news stories, but RAD makes the most sense to me. Unless she actually has ASPD. Which I hope isn’t the case as there is no real effective treatment for ASPD. But there is for RAD.
Doesn’t seem like ASPD to me, or she might not have been saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry” in a plaintive tone. Poor, poor girl.
It’s interesting to think more about RAD; thanks for the prompts. I whizzed through the original Bowlby works on attachment in the mid-95s for my grad work—I may still have those books around here and might have a deeper look.