Through real-life examples, a noted child psychiatrist and neuroscientist examines the impact of trauma on children's brains, and reveals the innovative therapeutic techniques used to treat trauma-related psychiatric problems in children. Reprint.

Through real-life examples, a noted child psychiatrist and neuroscientist examines the impact of trauma on children's brains, and reveals the innovative therapeutic techniques used to treat trauma-related psychiatric problems in children.

Product Description: In this poignant, inspirational book, the author shares firsthand stories from his years as a trauma therapist. Kagan learned to think of the troubled children he treated as angels--messengers of what is most important in life: the need to be loved; the cathartic power of facing the past; the willingness to forgive those who hurt us; and that the greatest of obstacles can be overcome...read more

Product Description: Presents famous historical psychiatric cases from an up-to-date standpoint. The text provides extensive clinical data and lifetime follow-up (if possible), allowing today's psychiatrist to recognise similar clinical pathology in a variety of cultural and historical contexts.

Examines the connection of childhood traumas with both adult creativity and destructiveness