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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems and what we can do to break the cycle.Description
An extraordinary, eye-opening book. People
"A rousing wake-up call . . . this highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress. Michelle Alexander, author ofThe New Jim Crow
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego a boy who had stopped growing after a sexualassault who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses.
The stunning news of Burke Harriss research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEsadverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect,parental addiction, mental illness, and divorce. Childhoodadversitychanges ourbiologicalsystems, and lasts a lifetime. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions inThe Deepest Wellrepresent vitally important hope for preventinglifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come.
Nadine Burke Harris . . . offers a new set of tools, based in science, that can help each of us heal ourselves, our children, and our world.Paul Tough, author ofHow Children Succeed
"A rousing wake-up call . . . this highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress. Michelle Alexander, author ofThe New Jim Crow
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego a boy who had stopped growing after a sexualassault who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses.
The stunning news of Burke Harriss research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEsadverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect,parental addiction, mental illness, and divorce. Childhoodadversitychanges ourbiologicalsystems, and lasts a lifetime. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions inThe Deepest Wellrepresent vitally important hope for preventinglifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come.
Nadine Burke Harris . . . offers a new set of tools, based in science, that can help each of us heal ourselves, our children, and our world.Paul Tough, author ofHow Children Succeed