Proposes that chronic fear experienced in infancy and early childhood lies at the root of numerous diseases as well as emotional and behavioral pathologies in adults.
Record details
ISBN:9780465013548 (hc.)
ISBN:0465013546 (hc.)
Physical Description:print xvii, 301 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher:New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Monster in the closet : trauma in the body -- Things that go bump in the night : the biology of stress and trauma -- Scared sick : how experience becomes biology -- Little traumas : prenatal and perinatal -- Little traumas : infancy and toddlerhood -- Nowhere to run : when parents are the source of trauma -- No place to hide : the role of genetics and epigenetics -- Security blanket : the biology of secure attachment -- Rock a bye : therapy and beyond -- It's a small world after all -- Appendix A. Preventing trauma to young children during divorce -- Appendix B. Maltreatment in childhood (correlations) -- Appendix C. Recognizing trauma : early signs of distress in preschoolers -- Appendix D. Working with traumatized children -- Appendix E. Effective programs and policies.
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