Ghosts from the Nursery : Tracing the Roots of Violence

by Karr-Morse, Robin; Wiley, Meredith S.

• ISBN13: 9780871137036
• ISBN10: 0871137038
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

As groundbreaking as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring, Ghosts from the Nursery" presents startling evidence on how abuse and neglect during the first two years of life is creating a tide of violent youth.

Author Biography

Robin Karr-Morse was the first executive director of the Oregon Children's Trust Fund. She has served as consultant to the Oregon legislature on children and family and to Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's Touchpoint Program, as a lecturer on the Brazelton seminar faculty. She is a licensed family therapist As chief of staff to the Oregon Speaker of the House, Meredith S. Wiley worked with Robin Karr-Morse in designing and managing the Children's Care Team, charged with restructuring Oregon's services to families and children

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi	(2)
Introduction	xiii
1. Ghosts from the Nursery	1	(16)
2. Grand Central: EARLY BRAIN ANATOMY AND VIOLENCE	17	(30)
3. Before We Know It: PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO DRUGS AND MALNUTRITION	47	(36)
4. Love's Labor Lost: ADVERSE EXPERIENCES IN THE WOMB AND AT BIRTH	83	(16)
5. Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick: THE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS	99	(26)
6. Tea for Two: THE ROLE OF TEMPERAMENT	125	(24)
7. Baby, Get Your Gun: THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA AND HEAD INJURY	149	(26)
8. The Hand That Rocks: THE IMPACT OF EARLY EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION	175	(46)
9. Where's Poppa?	221	(20)
10. All the King's Horses	241	(32)
11. And Still We Wait	273	(26)
Appendix A: FACTORS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENT BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE REDUCED BY PREVENTION	299	(2)
Appendix B: MYTHS ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN	301	(2)
Appendix C: BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS FOLLOWING PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE	303	(2)
Appendix D: THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE: A CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMS	305	(6)
Appendix E: RESOURCES	311	(4)
Endnotes	315	(18)
Bibliography	333	(16)
Index	349