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Film- Resilience: The Biology Of Stress and the Science of Hope
November 2, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Broadreach Family & Community Services has received grant funds from the Maine Children’s Trust to purchase a license to screen the award-winning documentary film Resilience: The Biology of Stress; The Science of Hope.
The movie summarizes findings from a landmark study conducted in the late 1990s. For the first time, the loss of a parent through death, divorce or incarceration and other traumatic childhood experiences such as living with an alcoholic parent or being… physically, emotionally or sexually abused were conclusively linked to both physical and mental health problems later in life.
The film summary tells us that: “ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences, are now understood to greatly increase risk for early onset heart disease, diabetes, addiction, and depression. Understanding that a broken-hearted child is more likely to suffer from mental and physical illnesses as an adult has professionals of all kinds asking, How can we help children before their physical and mental health problems emerge as adults?RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS AND THE SCIENCE OF HOPE uses expert interviews, beautiful animation and compelling characters to explore the science and the solutions. Initiatives in other states and their outcomes are shared and described.
https://www.facebook.com/midcoastresilienceproject/
The movie summarizes findings from a landmark study conducted in the late 1990s. For the first time, the loss of a parent through death, divorce or incarceration and other traumatic childhood experiences such as living with an alcoholic parent or being… physically, emotionally or sexually abused were conclusively linked to both physical and mental health problems later in life.
The film summary tells us that: “ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences, are now understood to greatly increase risk for early onset heart disease, diabetes, addiction, and depression. Understanding that a broken-hearted child is more likely to suffer from mental and physical illnesses as an adult has professionals of all kinds asking, How can we help children before their physical and mental health problems emerge as adults?RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS AND THE SCIENCE OF HOPE uses expert interviews, beautiful animation and compelling characters to explore the science and the solutions. Initiatives in other states and their outcomes are shared and described.
https://www.facebook.com/midcoastresilienceproject/