A Prescription for Nations from the Science of Healing from Trauma, with Dr. Victor Carrion

Trauma…a physically and/or emotionally threatening event… can be an individual experience, but it can also be a collective one. As we gain some distance and perspective on the crucial year of 2020, we can better understand the critical convergence of traumatic circumstances we encountered and from which we are still struggling to recover. At the same time a deadly plague was at its height, our very democracy was imperiled by destructive political divides and violent civil unrest fueled by unchecked social injustice. Add the increasing effects of climate change in the form of more frequent and intense natural disasters, and it’s no wonder we feel, and are behaving, traumatized.The good news is, we have the capacity to manage and recover from trauma and stress, to develop resiliency, and to invest in social systems that will serve us well in times of future difficulties. Our guest on this episode of What Makes Up Your Mind has even worked out a prescription for us to follow, as individuals, and as a society.Dr. Victor Carrion is the John A. Turner M.D. Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He’s a faculty member of both Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, as well as the Director of the Stanford Early Life Stress and Resilience Program, with three decades dedicated to researching and treating the impact of stress and trauma on young, developing minds. He’s developed a treatment called Cue-Centered Therapy, is investigating the positive and preventative impacts of a yoga and mindfulness curriculum in schools and has authored and co-authored books on both subjects. Click to listen as Dr. Carrion discusses his Prescription for Nations from the Science of Healing from Trauma.More about Dr. Carrion, his work, research and writings: profiles.stanford.edu/victor-carrionThe Early Life Stress and Resilience Program: med.stanford.edu/elspap.html