Scared sick : the role of childhood trauma in adult disease /

Karr-Morse, Robin.

Scared sick : the role of childhood trauma in adult disease / Robin Karr-Morse ; with Meredith S. Wiley. - New York, NY : Basic Books, 2012. - xvii, 301 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

0465013546 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0465028128 (ebook) 9780465013548 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780465028122 (ebook)

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Psychic trauma.

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