This post was updated Oct. 30 at 11:34 p.m. California’s surgeon general said at an Oct. 20 UCLA event that addressing ...

“Adverse childhood experiences” is a phrase psychologists and others use ... In childhood, Bignall said, these experiences ...

Co-author, Professor Gene Feder (University of Bristol Centre for Academic Primary Care), said: “General practice teams have a key role in identifying first-born children experiencing adverse ...

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 ...

Shame is the root of many relationship problems, depression, anxiety, explosive anger, trauma, addictions, eating disorders, perfectionism, the inner critic, shyness, and hyper-sensitivity to ...

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 to ...

Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) during early childhood, middle childhood, and/or adolescence are all risk factors for self-harm and depression. Early and secondary interventions may ...

Have you heard of Adverse Childhood Experiences? I first heard about it during a training session about 10 years ago, and the information moved me to tears. I realized the children I helped raise ...

—According to the results of this study, identifying adverse childhood experiences can go a long way toward reducing stress in adulthood, as well as lowering the odds of developing major depressive ...

The initiative aims to address issues facing children and families, including mental health, medical care, substance abuse ...