Johannah Newmarch as Stephanie Patricia Gage as Laurel Terence Kelly as Mike Kim Kondrashoff as Baby Cat's Father Documentary Prior to the film's release, a 1990 documentary entitled Child of Rage: A Story of Abuse was produced by Gaby Monet based on interviews conducted with the film's real-life inspiration, Beth Thomas. It aired on HBO as part of their America Undercover series. The film consists of interviews with Beth Thomas by a therapist (Ken Magid), followed by footage of her treatment and partial recovery at a treatment center for children. The documentary was released shortly after Magid's book High Risk: Children Without A Conscience, which portrays children with reactive attachment disorder (as Thomas is labelled in the film) as "murderous psychopaths," contrary to its actual definition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition but in accordance with the diagnosis of "attachment disorder" as described in DSM-5. Beth Thomas's adopted mother Nancy Thomas has been a leading proponent of "attachment therapy" (originally known as "Rage reduction therapy"; hence the title) since the documentary was made, a highly controversial form of psychotherapy regarded by the American Medical Association as pseudoscientific and abusive. Beth Thomas, a former patient of the "Attachment therapist" Connell Watkins, would later - as a freshman - testify on Watkins's behalf in the Candace Newmaker trial, where Watkins was convicted of child abuse for administering "rebirthing" therapy which caused the asphyxiation of her "patient". Thomas has since graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelor's degree in Nursing and become an award-winning Flagstaff Medical Center Registered Nurse. References External links 1990s biographical drama films 1990s mystery drama films 1992 drama films 1992 television films 1992 films American biographical drama films American mystery drama films Biographical films about children Biographical television films CBS network films American drama television films Films about child sexual abuse Films directed by Larry Peerce Films shot in Vancouver 1990s English-language films 1990s American films