The author of “The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog”, Bruce Perry, writes about a collection of clinical cases focusing on children’s experience with trauma, mental health consequences, physiological changes, resilience, and types of treatment. Dr. Perry, a child psychiatrist and researcher of neuroscience, writes in an intensely personal and informative tone while providing readers with distinctive approaches to emphasize on how human physiology intertwines with long-term repercussions of behavioral alteration of traumatized children. He incorporated case studies of research that enabled him to factually and didactically connect how the functionality of bodily physiological factors (the brain, nervous system, circulatory system, and hormone system)
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In the book, it is apparent that Dr. Perry’s ability to render a compassionate presence, mindfulness, and a sense of curiosity/fascination towards his patients, enabled him to paint a more sympathetic and humane depiction of abused children who have experienced violence, maltreatment, sexual abuse, malnutrition or neglect traumatically; this invites his readers to understand children’s developing brain or body in a more understanding and empathetic attitude (Tam, 179). Because of his curiosity into the research of a child’s mind, his approach to working towards resilience became innovative and creative, which inspired other psychiatrists to explore, reflect, and further the world’s insight into child psychiatry. The book consists of 11 vignettes, each illustrates Dr. Perry’s interaction and technique with these severely traumatized children. Other than explaining the causes and effects of the traumatic event itself, he provided insight to how other factors (such as domestic environment, education, maternal care, adequate nutrition, economic status, and health care) contributed to the behavioral and physiological changes of the traumatized
In the book, it is apparent that Dr. Perry’s ability to render a compassionate presence, mindfulness, and a sense of curiosity/fascination towards his patients, enabled him to paint a more sympathetic and humane depiction of abused children who have experienced violence, maltreatment, sexual abuse, malnutrition or neglect traumatically; this invites his readers to understand children’s developing brain or body in a more understanding and empathetic attitude (Tam, 179). Because of his curiosity into the research of a child’s mind, his approach to working towards resilience became innovative and creative, which inspired other psychiatrists to explore, reflect, and further the world’s insight into child psychiatry. The book consists of 11 vignettes, each illustrates Dr. Perry’s interaction and technique with these severely traumatized children. Other than explaining the causes and effects of the traumatic event itself, he provided insight to how other factors (such as domestic environment, education, maternal care, adequate nutrition, economic status, and health care) contributed to the behavioral and physiological changes of the traumatized