By Martin Caparrotta — 2020
Dr Gabor Maté is a renowned expert in addiction, childhood trauma and mind-body health.
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As California’s first surgeon general, Nadine Burke Harris, MPH ’02, is carrying out the visionary agenda she has brought to medical care: finding the roots of disease in childhood adversity and treating the long-term consequences.
Children who experience adversity tend to have health problems later in life. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains why—and how we can help heal those wounds.
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Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
Cultivating insight can help caregivers build resilience to loss.
Look more closely and you’ll see.
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Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.
A recent study found that even a single positive psychedelic experience may ease mental health symptoms associated with racial trauma experienced by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
When a medication is being evaluated to modify the behavior of a person with autism, one must assess the risks versus the benefits.
Of course we want to keep children safe. But exposure to normal stresses and strains is vital for their future wellbeing.