Written from the perspective of an experienced neuro-rehabilitation nurse specialist

Offers a stronger focus on adult victims of adverse childhood experiences

Describes the serious long-term consequences and interventions for resilience and healing

Part I. Overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences.- 1. Introduction, Epidemiology, Measurement and the Cycle of Trauma.- Part II. The Potential Serious Nature of Adverse Childhood Experiences.- 2. Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Neurodevelopment.- 3. Potential Life-long Neurobiological, Bio-Behavioral and other Outcomes of Trauma.- Part III. The Potential Impact of Trauma on the Brain, Body, Behavior and Society.- 4. Childhood Physical Abuse (CPA), Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA), Abusive Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Childhood Emotional Abuse (CEA), Neglect and Other Trauma.- 5. Absence of a Healthy Parent: Mental and Physical Illness, Substance Misuse and Trauma in the life of Parents, Caregivers, and Significant Others.- 6. Racial, Ethnic, Gender and Economic Disparities and Trauma.- 7. COVID-19 Trauma: The New Complex Adverse Childhood Experience.- Part IV. Physiological and Psychological Healing, Trauma-Informed Rehabilitation, Breaking the Cycle of Trauma, and Resilience throughout the Life Course.- 8. Protective, Compensatory and Benevolent Experiences for Building Resilience.- 9. Understanding and Responding to Survivors of Trauma: Emotional Intelligence to Build Healthy Relationships.- 10. Trauma Informed Self-Care: Emotional & Spiritual Resilience and Healing.- 11. Overview of Psychological and Psychiatric Interventions after Trauma: Counseling, Psychotherapy and Medications.- 12. Brain Food: The Impact of Diet, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals on the Brain and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.- 13. Physical Exercise, Sleep and the Brain.- 14. Self-Help for Life-Long Resilience: Cognitive Engagement, Education, Creativity, Sense of Purpose in Life and Humor.- 15. The Healing Power of Nature on the Brain: Healing in Green Spaces and Blue Spaces.- 16. Primary and Secondary Prevention, Health Equity and Trauma-Informed Institutional and Public Policies to Promote Healing and Resilience.