{"product_id":"soul-murder-the-effects-of-childhood-abuse-and-deprivation-paperback","title":"Soul Murder: The Effects of Childhood Abuse and Deprivation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonard Shengold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term \"soul murder\" was first used to describe the case of Kaspar Hauser, the 17-year-old boy who had been confined his entire life in a cellar, cut off from all communication. The term was coined in 1832 but only now has the psychiatric community begun to grapple with its meaning. Dr. Shengold conveys the true tragedy of soul murder in this first comprehensive account of child abuse and deprivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo abuse or neglect a child, to deprive the child of his or her own identity and ability to experience joy in life, is to commit soul murder. Soul murder is the perpetration of brutal or subtle acts against children that result in their emotional bondage to the abuser and, finally, in their psychic and spiritual annihilation. In this compelling, disturbing, and superbly readable book, Dr. Leonard Shengold, clinical professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine, explores the devastating psychological effects of this trauma inflicted on a shocking number of children. \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a lifetime of clinical experience and wide-ranging reading in world literature, Dr. Shengold examines the ravages of soul murder in the adult lives of his patients as well as in the lives and works of such seminal writers as George Orwell, Dickens, Chekhov, and Kipling. One hopeful note in this saga of pain is that a terrible childhood can, if survived, be a source of strength, as Dr. Shengold finds in the cases of Dickens and Orwell. \u003cbr\u003eProvocatively original in its approach to literature and psychology, unsettling in its vivid portrayal of the darker side of human nature, far-reaching in its conclusions, Soul Murder will stand alongside such works as Alice Miller's The Drama of the Gifted Child as one of the most important studies of the psyche to appear in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Shengold\u003c\/b\u003e is a clinical professor of psychiatry at New York University Medical School and the recipient of the 1997 Sigourney Award, honoring achievements for the advancement of psychoanalysis. Dr. Shengold is best known for his work on the long-term affects of childhood trauma and abuse, which he explores in his books \u003ci\u003eSoul Murder\u003c\/i\u003e and the later \u003ci\u003eSoul Murder Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.09 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52518796427571,"sku":"9780449905494","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0Qe5y3diRh9780449905494.webp?v=1760478766","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/soul-murder-the-effects-of-childhood-abuse-and-deprivation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}