How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime - TED Talk (Video - 16min)

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Nadine Burke Harris, M.D. - TED Talk - Pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris noticed a disturbing trend as she treated children in an underserved neighborhood in San Francisco: that many of the kids who came to see her had experienced childhood trauma. She began studying how childhood exposure to adverse events affects brain development, as well as a person’s health as an adult.

 

CATEGORY: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)