Maia Szalavitz

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children and outlines the path to recovery. Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has dedicated his career to understanding and healing the minds of children who have endured unimaginable traumas. In the emotionally...

Drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But we have tried to solve this national crisis with policies that only made matters worse. In the name of "sending the right message," we have maximized the spread of infectious disease, torn families apart, incarcerated millions of mostly Black and Brown people—and utterly failed to either...