The Deepest Well
by Nadine Burke Harris
A pediatrician discovers the adverse childhood experiences research in her Bayview clinic and shows how early adversity becomes lifelong disease through toxic stress, and what screening, treatment and policy can do. It is clear, personal and important, and it brings the ACEs science to a general audience with urgency.
Read it if…
you want to understand how childhood adversity affects adult health, with the science.
Skip it if…
you want personal healing practices; this is medicine and policy.
Three things you will actually use
- Toxic stress in childhood changes biology.
- Buffering relationships protect.
- Sleep, exercise, nutrition, mindfulness, relationships, mental health: the six interventions.
Do this first
Take the ACE questionnaire; knowing your score is the first step.
Our verdict
Clear and important.
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