Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood

by Lenore Terr

Book Overview

Winner of the Blanche Ittleson Award for her research on childhood trauma, clinical professor of psychiatry Terr examines the many ways that trauma has changed not only the children she's treated, but all of us. She demonstrates that traumatized children can be helped, showing that there is hope for the innocent victims of our frightening world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060163356
• ISBN13: 9780060163358
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

great condition

Very interesting, really enjoyed it

Unexpectedly Riveting

This book provides an excellent framework for identifying and diagnosing PTSD in children. And, it is compulsively readable.

Impressive and interesting!

This is easily one of the best books on childhood trauma out there. I have read it cover-to-cover twice. It offers a comprehensive and illuminating explanation of how trauma affects children, and it is written in an interesting and engaging style. I highly, highly recommend this book!

insight too valuable to do without

Terr gives wonderful insight to the world of trauma in children. Not only does she show how it affects their behaviour, but she also delves into how the mind deals with trauma.She presents her findings in such a way that it is enjoyable to read, while at the same time it is very disturbing that these atrocious acts occur in any society, much less in our own neighborhoods. The section of the book that I remember most vividly is how behaviour is changed after the traumatic event. She gives many insights as to how to recognize these behaviours in both children and adults. Because she uses many celebreties (authors, film makers, etc.), the behaviours that she is describing are that much easier to comprehend.I think that raising the awareness of people that deal with children on a daily basis is a very important cause, that should be much higher on our priority lists than it is.

A most important work

"Too Scared to Cry," is a seminal book. The research which this beautifully written book sumarizes is a corner stone in the modern understanding of trauma. The book is vital and conveys the expertise and rare wisdom of this pioneering researcher and clinician. It is equally readable for professional or for lay persons. It is a classic in the field and has been an inspiration to me. Peter A. Levine Ph.D.-Author of Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma."

This book defines Powerful... too the heart

THis book, struck my right at my heart. It makes you cry because you never realized how trama effects children soo much. It brings you right to the heart of the matter, it's so true that it's scarey... I LOVE THIS BOOK@!