Chapter 11 — Social Epigenetics

How long did it take for the British Royal Navy to act on James Lind's 1753 findings that citrus cures scurvy?

In Carl Johnson's work with trauma survivors in Kosovo, what happened to the man who everyone in the village was afraid of after just 15 minutes of treatment?

What percentage of the population meditating in Western countries has the number grown from 1% in 1980 to by recent estimates?

What did research from the Framingham Heart Study show about brain size differences between people born in different decades?

What is Michel Odent's term for the time period spanning babies in the womb, the birth process, and the first year of life?

How many new nonprofit organizations were forming annually in the U.S. by 1990, and how many form annually today?

What percentage of the population needs to be mobilized in sustained, active participation for nonviolent movements to succeed?

What is the estimated lifetime cost of treating a single U.S. veteran with PTSD?

How long were the spiritual conversations between doctors and critically ill cancer patients that led to better quality of life and less depression?

What does the epigenetic social cycle describe?

True or False. Medical advances take an average of 17 years to reach patients, and only 20% of them make the transition at all.

True or False. In the Kosovo study, 247 of 249 traumatic memories treated with energy psychology were reduced to zero on the distress scale.

True or False. The Renaissance that transformed medieval European society was sparked by approximately 100,000 people.

True or False. Studies show that when doctors talk with patients about spiritual concerns, it leads to better quality of life and less depression.

True or False. Kaiser Permanente, the largest hospital chain in the U.S., now makes meditation and coaching apps available to its members and has EFT tapping instructions on its website.