Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

6 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

daphnefree72's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Really incredible, fascinating book highlighting a neuropsychologist’s interactions with his child patients. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Physical abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

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

rami_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was very difficult to read; the author recounts some of the worst cases of child abuse imaginable. That being said, it also provides the read with tremendous hope, mostly via fascinating insights into proven methods of treating trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Confinement, Self harm, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia