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Romania's abandoned children : deprivation, brain development, and the struggle for recovery / Charles A. Nelson, Nathan A. Fox, Charles H. Zeanah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abandoned children--Romania--Psychology.
- Abandoned children.
- Abandoned children--Deinstitutionalization--Romania.
- Deprivation (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Romania's Abandoned Children reveals the heartbreaking toll paid by children deprived of responsive care, stimulation, and human interaction. Compared with children in foster care, the institutionalized children in this rigorous twelve‐year study showed severe impairment in IQ and brain development, along with social and emotional disorders.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Beginning of a Journey
- Chapter 2. Study Design and Launch
- Chapter 3. The History of Child Institutionalization in Romania
- Chapter 4. Ethical Considerations
- Chapter 5. Foster Care Intervention
- Chapter 6. Developmental Hazards of Institutionalization
- Chapter 7. Cognition and Language
- Chapter 8. Early Institutionalization and Brain Development
- Chapter 9. Growth, Motor, and Cellular Findings
- Chapter 10. Socioemotional Development
- Chapter 11. Psychopathology
- Chapter 12. Putting the Pieces Together
- References
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780674726994
- 0674726995
- 9780674726079
- 0674726073
- OCLC:
- 867049989
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