
Synopsis
Uncover the groundbreaking science that reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems – and learn what you can do to break the cycle.
The Surgeon General of California, Dr Nadine Burke Harris, shares pioneering research on the widespread crisis of childhood adversity and trauma. Through the objective lens of science and medicine, this book offers a roadmap for deeper understanding and healing. Essential reading in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, Toxic Childhood Stress shows how we can address, comprehend, and heal trauma.
Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, from bereavement and divorce to abuse and neglect. Dr Burke Harris reveals the science behind these experiences and presents a new way of understanding their lifelong impact. Based on her groundbreaking clinical work and public leadership, she demonstrates how interventions can help retrain the brain and body, foster resilience, and enable children, families, and adults to lead healthier, happier lives.
When a seven-year-old boy entered Dr Burke Harris's clinic, he looked like a healthy preschooler – but he hadn't grown since a traumatic event at age four. This was the moment she realised her hunch about the connection between childhood stress and future ill health was more than just a feeling, setting her on a journey of trailblazing research with stunning results.
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Offers a powerful - even indispensable - frame to both understand and respond more effectively to our most serious social ills.New York Times
A heart-breaking, world-shaking, revolutionary book. The Deepest Well uncovers 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 of New York Times Best Seller How Children Succeed
Nadine Burke-Harris is one of the most important thinkers in the world. If you have ever experienced psychological pain, you should read this profound and prophetic book.Johann Hari
Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today.Dr Robert Block, former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics