Attachment, Brain Development, and Trauma in Children Quotes

“urban and suburban areas, adequate services may be in short supply because of a national shortage of child psychiatrists and pediatric neurologists. Social policy and programs have not yet caught on to the need for readily available services for children with neurological difficulties. Basic”
― Jane Gilgun, Attachment, Brain Development, and Trauma in Children

“However, another brain structure, located near the hippocampus, matures quite early and can store the emotional component of trauma, though not the memories themselves. This structure is the almond-shaped amygdala, which also comes in pairs. Very young children who have experienced trauma may have no memory of the trauma, but the trauma is encoded in the amygdala. When”
― Jane Gilgun, Attachment, Brain Development, and Trauma in Children