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The Deepest Well

Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

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The Deepest Well

Written by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
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 A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle.

Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness. Even though these events may have occured long ago, they have the power to haunt us long into adulthood, and now we have found that they may even contribute to lifelong illness.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the founder/CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness and recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, expands on similar topics as in her popular TED talk as she demystifies the connection between adversity and ill health. After surveying more than 17,000 adult patients, she found that the higher a person’s ACE score, the worse their health. This led Burke Harris to an astonishing breakthrough—childhood stress changes our neural systems and its impact lasts a lifetime.

Through vivid storytelling that combines both scientific insight with deeply moving stories about her patients and their families, Burke Harris illuminates her journey of discovery from the academy to her own pediatric practice in San Francisco’s poverty-ridden Bayview Hunters Point. She re-roots the story of childhood trauma and its aftermath in science to help listeners see themselves and others more clearly.

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 The Deepest Well represents vitally important hope for change. Abuse Children's Studies Dysfunctional Relationships Infants & Toddlers Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences Health Mental Health Infant Medicine Physiology Substance Abuse Childhood Trauma
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Helped me to understand how even a "normal childhood" can affect a child negatively, and how damaging stress in a parent can be to a young child.

Helped me to understand Adult Childhood Adversity

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WOW, I know this is cliche but this is a must read for every human being on the planet!!

such incredible information

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This book is one of the most gripping books I've listened to, which was a complete surprise given my expectations around the topic.

A predictive altering book. Give it a shot.

Deeply interesting, relevant and actionable

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Dr. Burke Harris writes and reads beautifully about ACES and an approach to healing from childhood trauma.

Excellent

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This was such an amazing book. I love Dr. Harris’ authenticity and frankness. It was inspiring!!

Amazing!!

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