Romania's Abandoned Children Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery

Name: Romania's Abandoned Children Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery
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ISBN: 9780674724709

ISBN-10: 0674724704

ISBN-13: 9780674724709

Edition: 2014

Authors: Charles A. Nelson, Nathan A. Fox, Charles H. Zeanah

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The implications of early experience for children's brain development, behavior, and psychological functioning have long absorbed caregivers, researchers, and clinicians. The 1989 fall of Romania's Ceausescu regime left approximately 170,000 children in 700 overcrowded, impoverished institutions across Romania, and prompted the most comprehensive study to date on the effects of institutionalization on children's wellâbeing. Romania's Abandoned Children, the authoritative account of this landmark study, documents the devastating toll paid by children who are deprived of responsive care, social interaction, stimulation, and psychological comfort.Launched in 2000, the Bucharest Early…

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List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/6/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Charles A. Nelson is Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.

Nathan A. Fox is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland.

Charles H. Zeanah is Sellars Polchow Professor of Psychiatry at Tulane University.