Adverse childhood experiences such as emotional and physical abuse, household instability, socioeconomic climate and ill health can lead to people having a shorter life, but it was not clear how.

Prior research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has shown them to be strong predictors of health behaviors, chronic conditions, and other adverse outcomes. However, less is known about the ...

A new study published in Clinical Social Work Journal found that adolescents and young adults who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) before the age of 18 were significantly more ...

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 ...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be strong predictors of socioeconomic status, risky health behaviors, chronic conditions, and adverse outcomes such as increased mortality ...

They focused on six different forms of adverse childhood experiences in the firstborn child recorded during their first 1,000 days of life (from conception up until the age of two). These included ...

Those factors were collectively called Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs. The results were staggering. Over 60% of respondents reported at least one ACE, while 17% reported four or more. That ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Exposure to a greater number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is associated with an increased risk of homelessness during childhood. The cumulative effect ...

I was experiencing something known as an adverse childhood experience, but I didn’t know it at the time. Now, I am a youth advisor trying to explain this trauma to others. I, Dr. Diana Ramos ...