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 / Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, and Maia Szalavitz.
Publication Info.
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
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Status
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department
xxix, 417 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Tina's world -- For your own good -- Stairway to heaven -- Skin hunger -- The coldest heart -- The boy who was raised as a dog -- Satanic panic -- The raven -- "Mom is lying. Mom is hurting me. Please call the police" -- The kindness of children -- Healing communities -- A picture, not a label.
Note
Includes material on "genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, and victimsoffamily 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.
Summary
Includes material on "genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, and victimsoffamily 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.