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Family
creating respectful home environment
importance of extended
supporting/educating after trauma
Fantasy
Fashion sense
Fear response
brain activity in
Davidians and
holding therapy evoking.
see
holding therapy
ostracism from
Satanic Ritual Abuse allegations from
Fetal rocking
Fight or flight response
First impressions
Frank* (brother of Leon)
 
Genetics
explaining behavior by
recovery from early neglect and
role in schizophrenia
Goth youth culture
Growth hormone
Guardian-ad-litem
 
Habituation
Healing communities
allowing children to take risks
breakdown of
building in modern world
cooperation and survival in
depression in modern society vs.
education about child development in
extended families and
fears about unhealthy touch
focus on competition vs.
infant sleep patterns and
new policies for
power of loving relationships in
respectful home environment in
school shootings vs.
troubled children requiring loving/consistent care
violence vs.
Hearst, Patty
Heart-rate monitoring
Hill, Helen Karr,*
Holding therapy
Annie Vernon's experience with
Brian's experience with
encouraging children to lie
inflicting children with
pressure to focus on negative memories
Home visits
Hormones
Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer
Humanity
Humankind
Hyperactivity, trauma-related
Hyper-arousal response
brain response to threat and
dissociation during trauma leading to
heart-rate monitoring giving cues of
stimulant drugs replicating
Hypnotic trances, as dissociation
 
I am Your Child Foundation
Institutions
affecting children
children at risk for RAD
children developing own language in
failure to thrive in
smaller head sizes and brains in
Intelligence, recovery and
IQ
“It Takes A Village,”
 
James (patient)
courage and determination of
likable personality of
mother trying to kill
mother with Munchausen's by proxy syndrome
RAD symptoms of
trying to get help
Jane* (mother of Connor)
support for therapy and
massage therapy and
neglectful babysitter hired by
Jason (father of Peter)
challenges of parenting and
Peter's behavior and
as remarkable parent
Jill* (mother of Amber)
telling of Amber's sexual abuse
Justin (patient)
affects of neglect on
caged early life of
caged hospitalization of
recovery of
structuring experience for
 
Koresh, David
death of
prophecies to children
ruling by fear
 
Language
cortex and
cortex development and
deprivation
use-dependent development and
Lappe, James and Marie
child beating of
holding therapy of
suicides of
Laura (patient)
early childhood of
emotional neglect by mother
failure to thrive
lasting effects of disrupted nurturing
living with Mama P.'s nurturing
medical tests/procedures on
psychological diagnosis of
underdeveloped empathy of
Learned helplessness
Leon (patient)
butterfly vs. snowball effects and
diagnosed with conduct disorder
early childhood aggression in
early childhood neglect of
early childhood neglect leading to malice
explaining to court
factors determining path of
family of
IQ of
knowing right from wrong
lacking empathy
learning to mimic appropriate behavior
murders and rape by
previous offenses of
reactions to scoldings or punishments
sociopathy of
Levine, Dr. Seymour
Lie detectors, and sociopaths
Limbic system
abnormalities in
in brain structure
development of
fear response in
hierarchy of function in brain
Locus coeruleus (blue spot)
Love
interdependent human contact and
power of caring relationships
stimulating neural networks
troubled children requiring consistent
 
Male violence
Mama P.* (foster mother)
helping Laura and her mother
patterned, repetitive experiences of
physical nurturing given by
Maria* (mother of Leon)
Mark* (father of Connor)
Massage therapy
MBPS (Munchausen's by proxy syndrome)
difficulties in diagnosing
Meadow's law and
overview of
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and
Meadow, Roy
Meadow's law
Media, setting boundaries on
Medications
calming stress system with
clonidine
exacerbating other symptoms
hyper-arousal response of stimulant
Naloxone
Naltrexone
neurosequential treatment using
sensitization and tolerance effects of
using in right context
Memory
coercion affecting
creating associations
developing tolerance to traumatic
easily influenced by therapists
focus on negative
habituation and
nature and malleability of
patterns and
psychic pus theory
recovery movement from sexual abuse and
sensitization and tolerance in
as template for human bonds
Merle* (mother of James)
attempts to kill James
describing James' behavior
doctor shopping of
James removed from custody of
Munchausen's syndrome by proxy condition of
Midbrain
Mind-blindness
Mirror neurons
Mommy wars
Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
(Hrdy)
Motor control problems
Munchausen's by proxy syndrome.
see
MBPS (Munchausen's by proxy syndrome)
 
Naloxone
Naltrexone
Neural networks, brain
defined
developmental trauma and
memory creating associations through
patterns of experience using
regulating stress-response
sensitivity to novelty and
stimulated by loving care
use-dependent development and
Neurosciences, opposition to
Neurosequential treatment
addressing genetic factors
atmosphere of safety
development of
foundation of
heart-rate monitoring in
mitigating damage of early neglect
research and training focus of
social environment of child
staff meetings to discuss patient's care
treatment aimed at age in which deprivation was suffered
use of medications
Neurotransmitters
Norepinephrine (noradrenaline)
action in brain of
response to stress and
stimulant drugs releasing
 
Opioids
dissociative states releasing
self-mutilation releasing
Oppositional-defiant disorder
Ostracism
 
Parallel play therapy
Connor and
overview of
Parents (caregivers)
building baby's capacity to self-soothe
disturbed
importance of loving care
intuitive style of Mama P.
mirror neurons and
unease about our current way of life
Patience
Patterns
associated with pleasure and comfort
brain development and repetition developing
developing tolerance to trauma
experience affecting neurons
habituation and
memory creating
trauma and
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Peer relationships
importance of
schools lack of emphasis on
social development and
Peter (patient)
challenges of parenting
early childhood neglect of
early language deprivation of
healthy relationships and
infantile touching of
peer problems of
peers taught to understand and care for
problems of
splintered development of
strengths of
underdeveloped brain of
Pharmacology.
see
Medications
Physical body
growth of brain and
schools today not developing
Physical stimulation
babies' sense of pleasure and
results of being deprived of
victims of abuse needing
PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)
Pleasure
babies' sense of
decreased distress resulting in
human interaction and
nurturing touch as
of rewards and praise
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
see
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
Praise
Preschool intervention programs, underfunded
escalating bad behavior
negative effects of
Prozac
Psamtik of Egypt, King
Psychic pus theory
Psychological trauma.
see
Trauma
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
depression and
diagnosis of
harm of pressure to focus on negative memories
prolonged dissociation leading to
stress leaving imprints on brain
in Tina
use of clonidine to calm
veterans with
Punishment, kindness vs.
 
RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder)
associated with failure to thrive
coldness and unpleasant behavior in
overview of
Ranch Apocalypse
Recovered memory therapies
Reiner, Rob
Relationships
allowing more time for in schools
early life experiences and
healing power of
importance of healthy
importance of social support system in recovery
increasing number and quality of children's
recovery from trauma and neglect through
with therapist
tribalism and
Repetition
brain development and
essential to recovery
healing power of loving care
Resilient children
Rhythm therapy
Robert (patient)
Robotic compliance
Routine, in recovery
Runt syndrome
 
Safety
allowing children to take risks
creating atmosphere of
Sandy (patient)
beginning therapy with
clonidine and
control of reenactment
defenses against trauma
dissociation of
progress of
startle response in
witnessing murder of mother
Sally,* Mrs.
Sara (mother of Tina)
Satanic cults
Satanic Ritual Abuse.
see
SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse)
Schizophrenia
affected by environment
indifference to relationships in
role of genetics and biology in
Schools
developing empathy within peer relationships
disrespecting importance of peer relationships
emphasis on cognitive development
shootings in
Self-hatred, and sexual abuse
Self-hypnosis
Self-mutilation
Amber and
as attempt at self-medication
dissociative state produced by
overview of
relief felt during
Self-soothing
Seligman, Martin
Sensitization
effects of
lack of control and
use-dependent development and
Serotonin
Sexual abuse
Amber and
coercive confession methods and
creating twisted associations
Davidian children and
escaping through fantasy
forming healthy relationships to prevent
gaining control over

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