Documentary Resilience The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope

Webcast: Link
Sponsor(s): CFM - Division of Community Health, Division of Community Health, Duke Eye Center, and Duke University School of Nursing Student Council (DUSON Student Council)
Cost: Free
Linking Childhood Experience and Adult Outcomes.
Research has recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by traumas during childhood due to poverty, violence, abuse, and neglect. The new documentary Resilience, reveals that toxic stress can trigger hormones that cause negative effects in the brain and therefore in the body of children, putting them at a greater risk of serious diseases, homelessness, prison, and even a premature death.