Why love matters : how affection shapes a baby's brain
Gerhardt, Sue, 1953-2015
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'Why Love Matters' explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life, particularly to the development of our social & emotional brain systems. Early interactions between babies and their parents have lasting and serious consequences. Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific research, covering recent findings in genetics and the mind/body connection, and including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a baby's future emotional and physical well-being. The author focuses in particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddler's developing nervous system. When things go wrong with relationships in early life, the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her brain adapts too. The brain's emotion and immune systems are particularly affected by early stress and can become less effective. This makes the child more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression, anti-social behaviour, addictions or anorexia, as well as physical illness.
Main title:
Why love matters : how affection shapes a baby's brain / Sue Gerhardt.
Author:
Gerhardt, Sue, 1953-, author
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Collation:
xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-297) and index.Also issued online.
Contents:
Part1: The Foundations: Babies and their brains 1. Before we meet them 2. Back to the beginning 3. Building a brain 4. Corrosive Cortisol. Conclusion to Part 1. Part 2: Shaky Foundations and their Consequences 5. Trying Not to Feel 6. Melancholy Baby 7. Active Harm 8. Torment 9. Original Sin. Part 3:Too Much Information, Not Enough Solutions 10. `If all else fails, hug your teddy bear' 11. Birth of the Future.
ISBN:
9780415870528 (hbk)9780415870535 (pbk)9781315758312 (ebk)
Dewey class:
155.422612.82GER
LC class:
RJ134
Language:
English
Subject:
Infants -- DevelopmentInfant psychologyBrain chemistryDevelopmental neurobiologyBrain -- GrowthParent and childBrain -- growth & developmentParent-Child RelationsBrain ChemistryEmotions -- physiologyInfantLoveMental Disorders -- prevention & controlPersonality DevelopmentChildcareChild, developmental, and lifespan psychologyPsychotherapySocial workSocial counselling & advice servicesFamily psychologyNeurology & clinical neurophysiologyPaediatric medicinePsychologyPsychotherapy: child & adolescentParenting: advice & issuesPregnancy, birth & baby care: advice & issues
BRN:
377202