Harvard Center on the Developing Child Definition of “Toxic Stress”

This Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child report identifies a three-step guide to understanding toxic stress. These steps include a definition of toxic stress (step 1), the science and social causes of toxic stress (step 2), and the prevention and ways to address toxic stress (step 3) with a fact sheet and video. The definition of toxic stress is also presented on the report’s home page.