Stories of Our Ancestors: The Impact of Culture, Race, Trauma on Substance Use Disorders
In this course, Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross explains how trauma – particularly in the forms of intergenerational trauma, historical trauma, and race-based traumatic stress – can impede early childhood brain development, setting the individual up for a life of physical and mental ill health and a host of other life problems.
About this course
In this course, Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross (MD, MPH, CEDS, co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity) explains how early childhood trauma impacts brain development, causing health risks throughout life. Dr. Ross describes how toxic stress, insecure attachment, and the passing of trauma intergenerationally lead to physical and mental health problems and risky health behaviours. She outlines the effects of historical and race-based traumatic stress and updates you on intergenerational research trends. Video clips starkly illustrate trauma examples and Dr. Ross closes with remarks on how we can interrupt the cycle of intergenerational, historical, and race-based trauma.
| Duration | 1 hour | |
| Format | video | |
| Type | specialised | |
| Price | Included with Membership | |
| Writer / Presenter | Carolyn Coker Ross |
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