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The boy who was raised as a dog

by Bruce Duncan Perry, Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz, Bruce Perry, Luc’a Barahona

Child psychiatryCase studiesPopular worksPsychic trauma in childrenStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticCase ReportsTherapyPost-traumatic stress disorder

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 are helping ease children's pain, allowing to become healthy adults.

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Book data: Open Library