Meredith Wiley: Author of Ghosts from the Nursery



New York State Capital Region Infant Mental Health Association presents

Meredith S. Wiley

(Author: Ghosts from the Nursery and

Scared Sick: The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Adult Disease)

LOCATION:

Traviso by Mallozzi’s

(Formerly the Italian American Community Center,

257 Washington Ave Ext, Albany, NY 12205)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - TIME: 6:00-7:30 pm

(Registration- 5:30 Book Signing-7:30-8:00)

 

MEREDITH WILEY

is the state director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York,

a crime fighting organization of law enforcement leaders, chiefs of police,

sheriffs, prosecutors, and victims of violence who work to educate policy

makers and the public on what works to get kids off to a good start in life and

keep them from ever becoming criminals.

Meredith is a former prosecutor and co-authored Ghosts from the Nursery:

Tracing the Roots of Violence, an eye-opening book that explores the impact of early child

abuse and neglect on child development and crime. She was appointed and served on the

New York State Children’s Cabinet Advisory Council, the Early Childhood Advisor

 Council the Governor’s Task Force to Transform Juvenile Justice and the

Juvenile Justice Advisory Group. She is also on the National Board of Advisors for the

Nurse Family Partnership Program and the National Board of Advisors for the

Parent Child Home Program.

Scared Sick:

The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Adult Disease

To be published by Basic Books, January 2012

By Robin Karr-Morse with Meredith Wiley

What if many major diseases leading to human misery and death could be reduced or minimized

by an overlooked factor well within our control? What if genetics and aging were only part

of the picture—not even the main players—in triggering hypertension,

cardiovascular disease, obesity, addiction and emotional illness?

Scared Sick is the first book to reveal how fear, experienced chronically in early childhood

lies at the root of many common physical diseases as well as emotional and behavioral

pathologies. Building upon recent revelations about the core physical systems governing

health, especially the inseparable relationship between the brain, endocrine and immune

systems, the book identifies routine societal practices that- while unintentional,

are traumatic to developing nervous systems.

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New York State Capital Region Infant Mental Health Association presents

Meredith S. Wiley

(Author: Ghosts from the Nursery and

Scared Sick: The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Adult Disease)

LOCATION:

Traviso by Mallozzi’s

(Formerly the Italian American Community Center,

257 Washington Ave Ext, Albany, NY 12205)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - TIME: 6:00-7:30 pm

(Registration- 5:30 Book Signing-7:30-8:00)

Registration fee for the workshop is $25 for NYS Infant Mental Health Association members and students; $40 for non-members. Please make checks payable to:

Capital District Child Care Council/IMHA. Mail checks to: (No cash, please!):

Capital District Child Care Council/IMHA, 91 Broadway, Menands, NY 12204

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Contact  Information: Sarah Gould, 426-7181 ext. 345