Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse childhood experiences and hallucinations.

OBJECTIVE Little information is available about the contribution of multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to the likelihood of reporting hallucinations. We used data from the ACE study to assess this relationship. METHODS We conducted a survey about childhood abuse and household dysfunction while growing up, with questions about health behaviors and outcomes in adulthood, which was co...

Adverse childhood experiences and trauma.

Trauma is any event, usually a non-ordinary one, that harms the body, self, or spirit. It covers a broad range of hurtful experiences, including traumas that involve the physical, sexual, mental, or emotional realms of our being.1,2 In their article in this issue, Felitti et al.3 report various common and less common kinds of trauma that occur regularly in this and other countries today. They c...

Adverse childhood experiences, obesity, and liver disease.

Adverse childhood experiences and theory of mind.

and theory of mind The recent paper by Upthegrove et al provided an extensive study evaluating the association of childhood events with later development of psychosis. Hypotheses were partially supported and demonstrated that although childhood trauma (e.g. family disruption, abuse) was not associated with the development of psychosis, the authors did find a significant association between chil...

Adverse childhood experiences: what can we do?

Question: I see many kids who have been neglected or abused, and so often have to help treat the psychological problems that result. Is there any update on how to best approach these situations? A: Bad things happen to everyone, but unfortunately for some children these bad things are so chronic and significant that they create lasting physical and psychological consequences. The term used to d...