A doctor who specializes in treating children.

Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary caregiver with no provisions for continued childcare, nor with any intention to return to resume caregiving.

Physical, sexual and/or emotional maltreatment of a child.

In abused children, behaviors that reflect abuse they have experienced or witnessed.

A common abbreviation that we don’t use here, as it is sometimes used to mean Attachment Disorder, or it can mean Anxiety Disorder.

Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The development of emotional or behavioral symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, sleeping problems, or inappropriate conduct, in response to an identifiable stress event, that are more intense than o [..]

The period from the onset of puberty until the beginning of adulthood.

An adopted person.