Book Review November 30, 2008

Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around

Beth Ann Brooks, MD

J Clin Psychiatry 2008;69(11):1836

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I first read this magical work over the December holidayswhen the season was sprinkled with warm childhood memories,and I was unable to put the book down. Mesmerized, I readon, fascinated by what proved to be a magical mystery tourthrough Lenore Terr’s previously told treatment of Cammie, a"wild child" who was a victim of and witness to brutal and sadisticearly childhood trauma. ‘ ‹