Childhood Adversity and Developmental Effects

Child trauma and violence is not an issue that is constrained to one nationality or one ethnicity. A staggering number of children around the world are subjected to violence and abuse, both domestic and political. The current volume examines the issue of developmental trauma from a variety of viewpoints, including sociological, epidemiological, genetic, and psychiatric. Written by a researcher from Harvard Medical School and Children¿s Hospital (Boston), this book provides an important resource for understanding violence as an almost ubiquitous presence in children¿s lives around the world, as well as offering directions for treatment and interventions.