The Deepest Well : Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Burke Harris, Nadine

ISBN 10: 0544828704 / ISBN 13: 9780544828704

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Deepest Well : Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0544828704
• ISBN 13: 9780544828704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

&;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 of The 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 sexual assault &; who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses.

The stunning news of Burke Harris&;s research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEs&;adverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect, parental addiction, mental illness, and divorce. Childhood adversity changes our biological systems, 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 in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong 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 of How Children Succeed

About the Author

DR. NADINE BURKE HARRIS is founder and CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco&;s Bayview-Hunters Point. She is the subject of a New Yorker profile and the recipient of a Heinz Award in 2016, among many other honors. Her TED talk, &;I Was Thinking Too Small,&; has been viewed over 2.4 million times.