Why Doctors Ignore Trauma

Dr. Nadine Harris has been studying the effects of early childhood adversity on health outcomes later on in life. In her 30 years of studying research, the findings are clear. Childhood trauma dramatically affects health across a lifetime.

These are not some new findings. We've known this for 30 years and yet our society has not made any serious effort to make life easier for working class families. By outsourcing good-paying jobs, imposing stiffer sentences for drug offenses, and failing to increase wages, life has become harder across the board. And this ultimately creates even more trauma within families who become overwhelmed by stress. And the question Dr. Harris asks is why.