num_pages: 272
description: 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 news of Burke Harriss research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEsadverse 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 scientific insight and innovative acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come.
language: English
title: The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
publisher: Mariner Books