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1200-1600 children each year in the US
- tramatic brain injury that happens when a baby is violently shaken
-crying is the means of communication and number 1 cause of baby homicide |
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| extreme irritability poor feeding, breathing problems, conusion, vomiting, and pale or bluish skin |
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| Long term problems of SBS |
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-1 out of 4 die from injuries
- seizers
- muscle stiffness
-mental retardation
- blindness or trouble seeing
- delays in physically or emotionally |
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Oxygen therapy
Brain surgery
Both stop progression or baby from dying, but no repair |
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| rare inherited error in metabolism similar symptoms to shaken baby syndrom |
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| early experiments on the brain |
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| depressed brain activity has been found in children who grow up in a depried enviornment.. founded in ethology and rat experiments |
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| animal moddels to better understand humans |
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| rat experiments solitary vs communal playground |
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| findings that more enriched enviornments help increase neural connections |
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