The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

The mere opportunity to escape does not

Half a million children in the United States currently take antipsychotic drugs. Children from low-income families are four times as likely as privately insured children to receive antipsychotic medicines.

motivation, play, and curiosity, which are indispensable for maturing into a well-functioning and contributing member of society. Children who take them are also at risk of becoming morbidly obese and developing diabetes.

the children of depressed mothers are at risk of growing up insecure and anxious.

necessarily make traumatized animals, or people, take the road to freedom.

Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity

to think.