Certain catastrophes in certain children can forever change biology by creating and maintaining early warning systems, perpetual wariness, in a world that, long afterwards, remains ever hazardous and threatening —in which the demons of nightmares become real. The presence or persistence of post-traumatic symptoms need not outweigh the healthy capacity to live. Child psychiatrists can sometimes provide a road map, without shortcuts, toward the resumption of travel in the right direction. (11 pp.)

For the child with a blackly depressive mood, more tools than time’s passage are required: psychotherapy, medication and a panoramic lens that widens one’s view of the world. Will doesn’t always produce a way, but it helps when hell waits around one’s corner.(12 pp.)