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
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780465056521 (0465056520)
Publish date: January 8th 2007
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Science,
Parenting,
Health,
Education,
Medical,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Abuse
Excellent and incredibly informative read. Compassion and wisdom on every page. A must read for those who work with children in any capacity, in particular children with trauma history.
This book is most interesting when discussing individual cases, but seems to fall apart and become rambling and even slightly patronizing when the author begins discussing psychiatry in general. I enjoyed it, for the most part, and I can definitely believe that the author has the best interests of c...