Bruce D. Perry

Bruce D. Perry is the lead author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog (co-written with science journalist Maia Szalavitz). In Kyle’s notes he is described as the child psychiatrist whose clinical cases anchor the book’s neurodevelopmental argument — the book builds its case about childhood trauma, memory, empathy, and relationships out of his real patient stories. The page links his work to Kyle’s broader threads on Memory, Relationships, Empathy, and Family, and to related parenting reads like The Self-Driven Child and The Parents’ Guide to Boys.

Context: Bruce D. Perry is an American psychiatrist and senior fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy, known for research on how early trauma and neglect shape the developing brain. His later book What Happened to You? was co-authored with Oprah Winfrey.

Where this appears

• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog — lead author and child psychiatrist; his clinical cases anchor the book’s argument about childhood trauma and brain development