A recent study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders provides new evidence that difficult childhood experiences may ...

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; emotional ...

A new study in the April 2021 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders reveals that adverse childhood experiences are strongly linked to increased adult stress, physical health problems, and ...

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 ...

Scientists have known for some time that people who experience early childhood adversity are more prone to developing health and behavioral issues in adulthood, but the brain mechanisms behind these ...

The study sought to determine if 2 specific types of adverse childhood experiences, abuse and neglect, are linked with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. A recent ...

University of Alberta provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Alberta provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. It has been over 30 years since ...

The adverse childhood experience (ACE) questionnaire has become a critical part of public health. It offers physicians a screening tool to evaluate patients, gaining valuable insights into their ...

Invisible wounds of brain injury are not just in soldiers who have been deployed and injured in a war zone. They also occur in children who have been subject to adverse childhood experiences. Studies ...

I, Setareh Harsamizadeh Tehrani, remember the sound of my parents fighting when I was a child, glasses shattering. I was experiencing something known as an adverse childhood experience, but I didn’t ...