Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Revised Edition

Introduction to the First Edition

1. Ghosts from the Nursery

2. Grand Central: EARLY BRAIN ANATOMY AND VIOLENCE

3. Before We Know It: PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO DRUGS AND MALNUTRITION

4. Love’s Labor Lost: ADVERSE EXPERIENCES IN THE WOMB AND AT BIRTH

5. Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick: THE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS

6. Tea for Two: THE ROLE OF TEMPERAMENT

7. Baby, Get Your Gun: THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA AND HEAD INJURY

8. The Hand That Rocks: THE IMPACT OF EARLY EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION

9. Where’s Poppa?

10. All the King’s Horses

11. And Still We Wait

Epilogue

Appendix A: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENT BEHAVIOR THATCAN BE MODIFIED OR PREVENTED BY EARLY INTERVENTION

Appendix B: MYTHS ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN

Appendix C: BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS FOLLOWING PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE

Appendix D: “JEFFREY” TODAY

Appendix E: PRIMARY PREVENTION: A CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMS THAT WORK

Appendix F: RESOURCES

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index