Around one in four British people with poor mental health who claim welfare benefits expect to lose their entitlement under proposed government reforms, according to research published by a charity on ...

“It’s vital for building their identity and emotional resilience,” he said. HuffPost UK has contacted the government for comment and will update the piece when we hear back.

Childhood hardships can leave lasting impacts, making adults more sensitive to daily challenges. A new study from Heriot-Watt University shows that adverse childhood experiences not only cause ...

Summary: A new study reveals that adverse childhood experiences ... have gone on to experience clinical levels of depression or anxiety, for example, instead of the general population. “There will be ...

Scottish actor Brian Cox has blasted the Labour Government and called for them to take action on childhood poverty, citing his own 'brutal' experience ... children in the UK are living in poverty ...

The first-of-its-kind study, published in The Lancet Public Health and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Policy Research Programme, found that mothers whose firstborns had ...

They focused on six different forms of adverse childhood experiences in the firstborn ... the development of a comprehensive, cross-government mental health prevention strategy.” ...

However, over and over again, health and social science experts have said that having one or more ACEs does not mean one is destined for adverse outcomes, and that with the right social and economic ...

Research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) account for a substantial proportion ... Trauma Network and the IMPACT Research Centre (www.impactresearchcentre.co.uk). It will also ...

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) agrees with recent findings that there is a cost to every adverse childhood experience ... where the community and Government would need to ...

An adverse childhood experience (ACE) is defined as a potentially traumatic or stressful event that occurs before the age of 18. They can include a wide variety of negative experiences ...