Scared sick : the role of childhood trauma in adult disease

Karr-Morse, Robin. (Author). Wiley, Meredith S. (Added Author).

Summary: Proposes that chronic fear experienced in infancy and early childhood lies at the root of numerous diseases as well as emotional and behavioral pathologies in adults.

Record details

ISBN: 9780465013548 (hc.)
ISBN: 0465013546 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 301 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.