The boy who was raised as a dog and other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook : what traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing
Includes material on "genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence ... explains what happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress, and the author reveals how today's innovative treatments are helpi...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2017.
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| Edition: | Revised and updated edition. |
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| Summary: | Includes material on "genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence ... explains what happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress, and the author reveals how today's innovative treatments are helping ease children's pain, allowing them to become healthy adults. |
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| Item Description: | Includes material on "genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence ... explains what happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress, and he reveals how today's innovative treatments are helping ease children's pain, allowing to become healthy adults. |
| Physical Description: | xxix, 417 pages : illustrations, portraits, charts ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465094455 0465094457 |
| Author Notes: | Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD , is the principal of the Neurosequential Network and adjunct professor at La Trobe University in Australia. He is the coauthor, with Oprah Winfrey, of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? . Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning neuroscience journalist. She is also coauthor, with Dr. Perry, of Born for Love . Her other books include Undoing Drugs and Unbroken Brain . |
