Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

17 reviews

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

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

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

xread_write_repeatx'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: Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Incest, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Body horror

openbookheartmind's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Murder, and Child abuse

audriew9's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm

squid_sunfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

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

mschnad's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault