The boy who was raised as a dog
Subtitle: and other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook : what traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing
By: Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, and Maia Szalavitz
Contributors: Szalavitz, Maia, author
Edition: Second trade paperback edition, Revised and updated edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780465094455
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Child psychiatry; Case studies; Popular works; Psychic trauma in children
Description: 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 the author reveals how today's innovative treatments are helping ease children's pain, allowing them to become healthy adults.
Notes: Previously published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tina's world; title: For your own good; title: Stairway to heaven; title: Skin hunger; title: The coldest heart; title: The boy who was raised as a dog; title: Satanic panic; title: The raven; title: "Mom is lying. Mom is hurting me. Please call the police."; title: The kindness of children; title: Healing communities; title: A picture, not a label.