Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study1 is the most wide-ranging and illuminating public health research of our generation. But most health care professionals, focused as we are on relatively narrow silos of information, are unaware that ACEs increase the risk for a large number of health conditions. Fortunately, health journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s Childhood Disrupted2 lucidly reviews nearly two decades of research that is likely to produce better outcomes for millions of people. The studies are brought to life by Nakazawa’s lively interviews with scientists and touching stories of adults struggling to cope with their ACEs