Why love matters : how affection shapes a baby's brain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gerhardt, Sue, 1953- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Routledge, 2015.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Infants > Development. Infant psychology. Brain chemistry. Developmental neurobiology. Brain > Growth. Parent and child. Brain > growth & development. Brain Chemistry. Parent-Child Relations. Emotions > physiology. Infant. Love. Mental Disorders > prevention & control. Personality Development. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Before we meet them
Back to the beginning
Building a brain
Corrosive cortisol
Trying not to feel : the links between early emotional regulation and the immune system
Melancholy baby : how early experience can alter brain chemistry, leading to adult depression
Active harm : the links between trauma in babyhood and trauma in adult life
Torment : the links between personality disorders and early experience
Original sin : how babies who are treated harshly may not develop empathy for others
'If all else fails, hug your teddybear' : repairing the damage
Birth of the future.