In this day and age, a broken home, or a home wherein the mother and the father are legally separated from each other, is nothing new. In fact, it is a common occurrence that no one seems to lift an eyebrow upon learning that a certain family is “broken.” Due to its prevalence, people have have began to look into the issues of separation, including its ill effects on the members of the family. One of these effects is called attachment disorders.

Unlike other psychological disorders, attachment disorders can be passed on from one generation to another generation. But that is where the commonalities end. Other disorders are passed on through genes, but with attachment disorder, this is not the case. Attachment disorder can be passed on when the trauma that is experienced by one child leads him to suffer from this illness, and consequently, his or her treatment to the kids he or she will have when he or she becomes a father or a mother will reflect the same treatment that he or she has begotten from his parents. Thus the cycle continues, and it will not be broken unless something is done about it.

There are several kinds of attachment disorders. A child suffers from Avoidant Attchment Disorder is a child who avoids closeness and emotional connection due to his or her parents emotional unavailability or rejection. Meanwhile, he or she may be suffering from Disorganized Attachment Disorder when a child’s experience with his or her parents are bordered on traumatizing events and frightening occurences.

Attachment Disorder is not a trivial disorder; it is a mental and disillusion that should be taken seriously. One way of taking this disease seriously is through early intervention. Below are a list of some organizations and support groups that can help cure Attachment Disorder. You may also opt to click the link below to connect you to their sites.

Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children

ATTACh is an international coalition of parents, professionals, and others working to increase awareness about attachment and its critical importance to human development.

Contact numbers: Phone 866-453-8224 Fax 847-356-7856

Attachment and Trauma Network

On-line support groups, therapist and treatment referral, education.

Contact number: call : 240-357-7369

The Attachment Disorder Support Group

Online community and resource that promotes the education and understanding of Reactive Attachment Disorder, and special needs children.

Contact details: email:Traumaheadquarters

Attachment Parenting International

Advocates nurturing parenting methods to create strong emotional bonds between an infant and parent(s).  This strong attachment develops and fulfills an infant or child’s intrinsic need for trust, empathy, love and affection in order to create secure and enduring relationships.

Contact numbers:  (800) 850-8320

Whoever says that parents’ lack of connectedness with their child is unimportant, more so if the child is still on hos or her formative years, is definitely in the wrong. As experts’ reports confirm, Attachment Disorder, a mental and emotional disorder, is bound to afflict a child if his or her parent fails to bond with his or her child. According to Deborah Hage, an Attachment Disorder specialist, Attachment Disorder can be a product of non-traditional patterns of parenting, wherein the parents have more money than time to spend with their kids. In effect, the children are financially overindulged, but emotionally neglected.

Some of the symptoms of Attachment Disorder are:

(1) phony behavior,

(2) lack of eye contact,

(3) extreme control problems,

(4) sneaky or bossy personality,

(5) destructiveness,

(6) lack of conscience,

(7) impulsive behavior,

and (8) preoccupations with fire, blood, gore, or violence.

Children with Attachment Disorder are basically self-centered and selfish.

Intervention is a good mean for curing this disorder. Therapists and counseling centers that specialize in attachment disorders and a strong parent support system are necessary for successful intervention.