Born anxious The lifelong impact of early life adversity-- and how to break the cycle
Book - 2017
Keating examines new DNA science, "epigenetic methylation," that offers insight into behaviors we have all observed but never understood. Because of an exposure to environmental adversity in utero or during the first year of life, a key stress system has been welded into the "on" position by the methylation process, predisposing the child's body to excessive levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The effect: lifelong, unrelenting stress and its consequences. Keating demonstrates how we can finally break the cycle.
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
St. Martin's Press
2017.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xiv, 238 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781250075048
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1. Early Life Stress: The Biological Impact of Rising Inequality
- 2. Destined to Thrive, Destined to Struggle: The Critical Period of Baby's First Year
- 3. Into the Arena: The World of Peers and Schools
- 4. Onto the Stage: Stress and Coping in Adolescence
- 5. The Stress Tests of Adulthood: Managing Family, Work, and Relationships
- 6. The Stress Epidemic: The Hidden Costs of Inequality
- 7. Inequality is Not Destiny: How We Can Break the Cycle
- Epilogue
- Research Background: A Primer
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index