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Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease
Meredith Wiley
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Description for Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease
Hardcover. The first years of human life are more important than we ever realized. Karr-Morse connects psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, and genetics to demonstrate how chronic fear in infancy and early childhood--when we are most helpless--lies at the root of common diseases in adulthood. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JMQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546. How Childhood Fear Endangers Our Health as Adults. 256 pages. The first years of human life are more important than we ever realized. Karr-Morse connects psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, and genetics to demonstrate how chronic fear in infancy and early childhood--when we are most helpless--lies at the root of common diseases in adulthood. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: JMC; JMQ. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 27. Weight: 546.
The first years of human life are more important than we ever realized. In Scared Sick , Robin Karr-Morse connects psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, and genetics to demonstrate how chronic fear in infancy and early childhood, when we are most helpless,lies at the root of common diseases in adulthood. Compassionate and based on the latest research, Scared Sick will unveil a major public health crisis. Highlighting case studies and cutting-edge scientific findings, Karr- Morse shows how our innate fight-or-flight system can injure us if overworked in the early stages of life. Persistent stress can trigger diabetes, ... Read more
The first years of human life are more important than we ever realized. In Scared Sick , Robin Karr-Morse connects psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, and genetics to demonstrate how chronic fear in infancy and early childhood, when we are most helpless,lies at the root of common diseases in adulthood. Compassionate and based on the latest research, Scared Sick will unveil a major public health crisis. Highlighting case studies and cutting-edge scientific findings, Karr- Morse shows how our innate fight-or-flight system can injure us if overworked in the early stages of life. Persistent stress can trigger diabetes, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465013548
SKU
V9780465013548
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About Meredith Wiley
Robin Karr-Morse is a family therapist and the former Director of Parents Training for the Oregon Child Welfare System. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Meredith S. Wiley is the State Director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York. She lives in Albany, New York.
Reviews for Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease
Publishers Weekly "information-packed... The authors do make a very persuasive case that preventive measures should be taken to eliminate or mitigate early trauma" Kirkus Reviews "A wake-up call? Absolutely." Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Executive Director, Mindsight Institute, Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, and author of Mindsight "Karr-Morse and Wiley have done it again! Scared Sick raises many profound and ... Read more