The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, and Healing

In this celebrated work, a renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1¿New York Times¿bestseller¿What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children-and outlines the path to recovery.

"Transforms horrifying childhood traumatic experiences into opportunities for profound change and resilience."-Psychology Today

How does trauma affect developing children-and how can we help them recover?

Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence. In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, now fully revised and updated throughout, Dr. Perry and acclaimed science journalist Maia Szalavitz tell stories of trauma and transformation and share lessons of courage, humanity, and hope.

Combining unforgettable case histories with compassionate strategies for treatment, Perry and Szalavitz explain how extreme stress can impact the brain-and share the effort to create ways to ease the pains of childhood trauma to help restore healthier development. They show how understanding more about the workings of the brain-and the power of love-can help heal the most wounded children.