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 ...

Adverse childhood experiences such as emotional and physical abuse, household instability, socioeconomic climate and ill health can lead to people having a shorter life, but it was not clear how.

The findings showed that adverse childhood experiences increased adulthood levels of threat sensitivity and depression. However, only threat sensitivity was associated with defensive gun use.

Dr. Nagel discusses the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and long-term health risks Dr. Nagel discusses the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and long-term health ...

Children who have lived through a series of adverse childhood experiences also face an increased risk of homelessness during their childhood, according to a new study from the University of Cincinnati ...

They focused on six different forms of adverse childhood experiences in the firstborn child recorded during their first 1,000 days of life (from conception up until the age of two). These included ...

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 ...

While our beginnings were different, we both experienced adverse childhood experiences (also called ACE) in childhood — which are more common than many may realize. We are leveraging those ...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were associated with substantially higher risk for earlier menarche and pubertal onset in girls while showing no significant effects on boys’ pubertal timing.

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 ...

Researchers at Rutgers University have found that adverse childhood experiences can make people more sensitive to potential threats from others, which in turn increases their risk of engaging in ...