The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook

Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative medium-paced

288 pages | first published 2007

Edition information

Description

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...
Browse similar books...

Plus

Book information

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...

Community Reviews

Summary of 1371 reviews

Moods

informative 94%
emotional 67%
reflective 61%
challenging 52%
sad 48%
dark 37%
hopeful 37%
inspiring 31%
tense 11%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 74%
slow 12%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.54

See all reviews...