Adverse childhood experiences — also called ACEs — can affect your health long after the trauma. Learn how to heal, find treatments, and get support.

We talk a lot about adverse childhood experiences in health care. I wish we could talk more about positive ones, too.

My physician explained that ongoing adversity in childhood leads to a chronic state of “fight, flight, flop, fawn, or freeze.” ... Healing From Adverse Childhood Experiences.

When kids are struggling at school, many people assume the child may not be smart enough or have some learning disability. However, not many consider how a child’s upbringing affects their academic ...

Dr. Nagel discusses the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and long-term health risks. Higher ACE scores correlate with increased disease rates and reduced life expectancy by up to ...

Adverse childhood experiences include things like domestic violence, abuse (physical, sexual, or emotional), neglect (physical or emotional), and chaotic home environment, and exposure to them ...

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 ...

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 ...

Article Title. Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns and mental health risk and healthcare utilisation in siblings: a population-based birth cohort study of half a million children in England ...