Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz

13 reviews

anupammahadeo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

Very few books by psychiatrists or medical professionals humanize their patients and discuss their own choices in the past with as much humility and honesty as Dr. Perry did in this book. Child psychiatry is a daunting field for many medical professionals, and patients are often seen as somewhat hopeless and sad cases; Dr. Perry does not dispute this stereotyping in this book but rather uses his remarkable wealth of empathy to demonstrate the complexity of these patients' lives and stories while also attempting to use their stories as calls for action and hope. He avoids exploiting their stories for dramatic purpose or shock value and rather produces a book calling for empathy, love, and attention to societies' most vulnerable people. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Rape, Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

overduck's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

I cannot express how much I love this book. I learned so much about the brain and how we respond to trauma, and I was wholly inspired by the book. It was a bit of a dense read (it is, after all, often used as a textbook), but I still couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

cronareads's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

brittanykroeckel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow. What a book — each chapter brings forth its own unique perspective to trauma and the ways it can manifest. Perry leaves this not for the faint of heart but also curates these stories in a respectful manner. As a future counselor, although many of these cases will be rare or nonexistent occurrences in my work, it’s still important to know this view of trauma and be trauma-informed in practice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder and Self harm

gracieec's review against another edition

challenging informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Ableism, Torture, Violence, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Drug abuse, Excrement, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

literarymaven's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

bunny1998's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Chronic illness, Addiction, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Car accident, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Abandonment, Ableism, Confinement, Chronic illness, Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Death of parent, Incest, Bullying, Mental illness, and Gun violence

anka_not_anchor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

Amazingly easy to understand and written to be accessible to anyone regardless of their scientific or psychological knowledge. It manages to be informative dense while maintaining a narrative feel and kept me much more engaged than I expected!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Domestic abuse

mei_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders