The term "adverse childhood experience" refers to a range of negative situations a child may face or witness while growing up. These experiences include emotional, physical, or sexual abuse ...

The research by UC College of Allied Health Sciences Assistant Professor Edson Chipalo shows going through multiple adverse ...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur during childhood. Examples of these may include abuse, parental divorce, and food insecurity. Although ACEs increase a person ...

A new longitudinal study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry provides compelling evidence that a ...

In California, where I live and work as a sex and intimacy disorders specialist, there is a movement for mandatory adverse childhood experiences (ACES) assessment in all public and private medical ...

The Childhood Stress study investigated the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)—including abuse, neglect, and household instability—and current household food security status ...

When children are exposed to very challenging experiences, their health suffers. In our recent study, “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Food Insecurity: Findings from the 2016 National ...

Health care professionals are becoming continually more aware of the social and environmental determinants of health, and the multiple effects of the environment on health outcomes are becoming ...

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 ...

CLOUD — In an effort to improve community health and reduce crime, Stearns County law enforcement is working with community partners to reduce the affects of adverse childhood experiences.