Childhood Trauma Doesn’t Have to Be a Lifelong Curse

Decades after a landmark study showed the lasting health effects of such trauma, researchers are finding ways to guard ...
Psychology Today

Why Your ACEs Score Doesn't Mean As Much As You Might Think

In the mid-1990s, the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) was introduced through a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This study was ...
Health Affairs

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Increased Likelihood Of Socioeconomic Disadvantages For Young Adults

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from multiple sources in the Census Bureau Data Linkage Infrastructure; authors’ analysis of events during 2017–21 among 23,000–930,000 people (ages 18–22) born during ...
STAT

The influential adverse childhood experiences questionnaire should ask about gun violence

The adverse childhood experience (ACE) questionnaire has become a critical part of public health. It offers physicians a screening tool to evaluate patients, gaining valuable insights into their ...

Childhood trauma linked to high risk of self-harm in teens

A recent study followed more than 73,000 NSW children from their prenatal period through to adulthood to reveal how adverse ...