Resilience & Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities

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When one hears what people have gone through and are able to live good productive lives, I am left amazed that they have thrived and wonder how they were able to do it. So I looked forward to reviewing the book Resilience and Vulnerability, edited by Suniya Luther, to see what Light might be shed on my conundrum. Much of my work is dealing with the aftermath of significant maltreatment when resilience has failed, leaving individuals vulnerable, not reaching their potential and with their development compromised. How to break the intergenerational transmission of pathology (maladaptation) is an individual challenge, and to help children already showing signs and symptoms of maladaptation to take a different healthier path and inform public practice so that policies are instituted that can aid children to reach their potential is a social challenge. We see so much that is tragic and ill advised. One wonders whether there is anything a mental health practitioner can do to prevent such

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