Maia Szalavitz, Author . Riverhead $25.95 (326p) ISBN 978-1-59448-910-5
This important book takes the troubled-teens industry to task, exposing the "extremely harsh, perhaps even brutal tactics [companies use to] keep [kids] in line." For $2,000 a month and more, a program will take an oppositional teen to a...
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Maia Szalavitz. St. Martin’s, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-05582-8
Journalist Szalavitz (Help at Any Cost) offers a multifaceted, ground-up renovation of the concept of addiction—both its causes and its cures. Noting a recent increase in opioid abuse, she provides a reminder that dependency and its discontents have
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Bruce Perry, Author, Maia Szalavitz, Author . Basic $26 (275p) ISBN 978-0-465-05652-1
In beautifully written, fascinating accounts of experiences working with emotionally stunted and traumatized children, child psychiatrist Perry educates readers about how early-life stress and violence affects the developing brain. He offers simple...
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