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 he reveals how today's innovative treatments ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Perry, Bruce Duncan, 1955- (Author), Szalavitz, Maia (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2006]
Subjects:	Child psychiatry > Popular works. Psychic trauma in children > Case studies. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > therapy. Child Psychiatry. Case Reports. Child psychiatry. Psychic trauma in children. Case studies. Popular works.
Online Access:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of 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.