Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are characterized as stressful or traumatic experiences encountered before 18 years of age. ACEs can lead to toxic stress, which causes negative physical and ...
Last semester, Student Health expanded its use of a pre-appointment questionnaire to identify students who may have ...
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 ...
A new study in the April 2021 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders reveals that adverse childhood experiences are strongly linked to increased adult stress, physical health problems, and ...
A landmark study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Keiser Permanente investigated the effects of child abuse and related adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as a public health problem over ...
Recognizing the impact caretakers play in human development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente joined forces in 1995 to study “adverse childhood experiences,” or ...
New research published in Aggression and Violent Behavior indicates that a history of childhood trauma may not effectively ...
About 61% of Americans have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), experts’ formal term for a traumatic childhood event. ACEs—which may include abuse, neglect and severe household ...
I was recently working with a young mother who struggled with depression and anxiety in the difficult year following the birth of her child. In addition to managing the herculean task of adjusting to ...