City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

The deepest well, healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity, Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index

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The deepest well

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Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.

healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity

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 sexual trauma--who galvanized her to dig deeper into the connections between toxic stress and the lifelong illnesses she was tracking among so many of her patients and their families. A survey of more than 17,000 adult patients' "adverse childhood experiences," or ACEs, like divorce, substance abuse, or neglect, had proved that the higher a person's ACE score the worse their health--and now led Burke Harris to an astonishing breakthrough. Childhood stress changes our neural systems and lasts a lifetime. Through storytelling that delivers both scientific insight and moving stories of personal impact, Burke Harris illuminates her journey of discovery, from research labs nationwide to her own pediatric practice in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the innovative and acclaimed health interventions outlined in The Deepest Well will represent vitally important hope for change

Discovery. Something's just not right -- To go forward, go back -- Forty pounds -- Diagnosis. The drive-by and the bear -- Dynamic disruption -- Lick your pups! -- Prescription. The ACE antidote -- Stop the massacre! -- Sexiest man alive -- Maximum-strength bufferin' -- Revolution. The rising tide -- Listerine -- In the rearview -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: What's my ACE score? -- Appendix 2: CYW Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire

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