Dr. Bruce D. Perry is the Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA Medical Center, and Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is also a Research Associate in Child Psychiatry with the National Institute of Mental Health, serves on the editorial board of Child Maltreatment, and is an honorary consultant in child psychiatry for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Perry received his MD from Yale Medical School and his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at New York University Medical Center and served as Chief Resident in pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine.
He was selected as one of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2003, recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics as one of America's outstanding pediatricians, recognized by Norman Cousins for "outstanding contributions to child psychiatry," and chosen for inclusion in "Who's Who Among American Physicians." Dr. Perry is an expert on child abuse issues, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, military trauma, and family violence. He has authored or co-authored many articles on these topics which have appeared in numerous medical journals (e.g., Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect).
His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIMH Training Grant (NIMH), NIMH Career Development Award (NIMH), NIMH Senior Scientist Development Award (NIMH), GlaxoSmithKline Award (GSK), Merck Foundation Fellowship (Merck), NARSAD Young Investigator Award (NARSAD), NIMH Mentoring Grant (NIMM), NIMM Career Development Award (NIMM), Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (The Rockefeller Foundation).
The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.Bruce D. Perry
Surprisingly, it is often when wandering through the emotional carnage left by the worst of humankind that we find the best of humanity ad well.Bruce D. Perry
We ignore the emotional needs of young children at our peril.Bruce D. Perry
