Bruce Perry

Maia Szalavitz

What happens when a young brain is traumatized? How does terror, abuse, or disaster affect a child's mind--and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence. In The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, he tells their stories of trauma and transformation through the lens of science, revealing the brain's astonishing capacity for healing. Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Perry explains what exactly happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress-and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease a child's pain and help him grow into a healthy adult. Through the stories of children who recover-physically, mentally, and emotionally-from the most devastating circumstances, Perry shows how simple things like surroundings, affection, language, and touch can deeply impact the developing brain, for better or for worse. In this deeply informed and moving book, Bruce Perry dramatically demonstrates that only when we understand the science of the mind can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.

And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

Oprah Winfrey

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

What Happened to You?

¿Qué pasa cuando se traumatiza un cerebro joven? ¿Cómo afecta el terror, el abuso o un desastre en la mente de un niño? El psiquiatra infantil Bruce Perry ha ayudado a muchos niños a superar horrores inimaginables: supervivientes de genocidios, testigos de asesinato, adolescentes secuestrados y víctimas de violencia familiar. Mediante la observación de estas historias de trauma a través de la lente de la ciencia, Perry nos revela la asombrosa capacidad del cerebro para la curación. Combinando las historias de casos inolvidables con sus propias estrategias de rehabilitación, explica lo que ocurre exactamente en el cerebro de un niño expuesto a un estrés extremo y propone diferentes medidas que se pueden tomar para aliviar su dolor, ayudándole a crecer como un adulto sano. A través de las historias de niños que se han recuperado física, mental y emocionalmente de las circunstancias más devastadoras, el autor expone cómo las cosas más simples —el entorno, el afecto, el lenguaje, el contacto, etc.— pueden influir profundamente, para bien o para mal, en un cerebro en desarrollo. En este interesante documento, Bruce Perry demuestra que solo cuando entendamos la ciencia de la mente podremos tener la esperanza de curar el espíritu de casi cualquier niño, incluso el más afectado.

Y otras historias del cuaderno de un psiquiatra infantil

El chico a quien criaron como perro

Uses science and computer metaphors to explain how the body works and what it needs to thrive in terms of exercise, food, and health.

Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health

Fitness for Geeks

Traces the life of the influential Black leader, describes the people who helped shape his philosophy, and looks at the circumstances that led to his murder

The Life of a Man who Changed Black America

Malcolm

Provides real-world Web application development problems and practical solutions and hundreds of examples and sample code for Java Web developers who use JavaServer Pages or servlets, along with useful tips, techniques, tools, and shortcuts.

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