The 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
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
Product details
Format
Paperback
| 448 pages
Dimensions
141
x 208
x 30mm
| 390g
Publication date
29 Aug 2017
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Imprint
BASIC BOOKS
Publication City/Country
New York, United States
Language
English
Edition
Revised
Edition statement
3rd Revised ed.
ISBN10
0465094457
ISBN13
9780465094455
Bestsellers rank
1,136
