Why is it in all our best interests to understand the long-term effects of childhood adversity?

To help answer this question, our host Dr Johanna Lynch; a GP, enlists her trusted friend and colleague, Dr Cathy Kezelman AM; a medical practitioner and mental health consumer advocate, to the joint task of unpacking the popular book - 'The Deepest Well: Healing the Long Term Effects of Childhood Adversity' (2019) - by renowned pediatrician, Nadine Burke Harris.

Hear from Johanna and Cathy as they dive into 'The Deepest Well' revealing crucial insights into the 'unseen epidemic' of childhood adversity. Listeners will gain an understanding of the urgency and scale of this issue for clinicians; the role of awareness in medical funding and policy; and most importantly, the wealth of evidence backing Burke Harris' key message that, in both the immediate aftermath of childhood adversity and in the years that pass, the question is not 'whether' but rather 'to what degree' trauma takes its toll on us, our bodies, our health, and our lives.

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