內容簡介
內容簡介 洞視兒童或青少年心理問題和精神障礙的由來 了解人類大腦的潛力與特性,發現新生的力量 一個七歲大、可愛的黑人小女生在看診時會爬上醫師的大腿,小手伸到他的褲襠,想拉開他的拉鏈;一個三歲大的小女孩親眼看到她的母親被姦殺,她在家獨自面對 母親的屍首,不知過了多久,才被人發現;年僅十六歲的少年刺死了兩名少女,然後姦屍;一個從十一個月大就被關在狗籠裡的男孩,照顧他的人只是餵他吃飽,幫 他換尿布,直到六歲,唯一的同伴只有小狗…… 這些不幸的孩子都是兒童精神科醫師培理的病人,貼在他們身上的標籤有自閉症、發展障礙、兒童精神分裂症、躁鬱症、注意力缺失和過動症、強迫症、憂鬱症、焦 慮症,甚至包括腦癱。培理醫師用耐心與愛心去接觸這些孩子,分析他們的成長過程,發現創傷對幼兒大腦發育的影響,從而幫助那些孩子踏上療癒之路。
作者介紹
作者介紹 Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a Houston-based non-profit organization which promotes innovations in service, research and education in child maltreatment and childhood trauma. He has served as a consultant to the FBI and is the former Chief of Psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital, as well as former Vice-Chairman for Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine. He lives in Houston, Texas and Alberta, Canada. Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning journalist who specializes in science and health. She is the author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids and Recovery Options: The Complete Guide with Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D. She lives in New York City.