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What happens when a young child is traumatized? How does terror affect a child's mind-and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has treated children faced with unimaginable horror: homicide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, the Branch Davidian children, and victims of extreme neglect and family violence. In The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry tells their stories of trauma and transformation. He explains what happens to the brain when children are exposed to extreme stress and trauma and reveals his innovative (non-medicinal) methods for helping to ease their pain and allowing them to become healthy adults. In this deeply informed and moving book, Perry shares with the reader the lessons of courage, humanity and hope he learned from these scarred children. He dramatically demonstrates that only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing, can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-139780465094455
eBay Product ID (ePID)238424522
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
Publication NameThe Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, 3rd Edition: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPsychology
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorBruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height208 mm
Item Weight379 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorMaia Szalavitz, Bruce D. Perry