My colleague, Brad Kammer, shared a great journal article on the long term effects of ACEs on our physiology. The graphic alone that they created is super helpful in seeing visually how ACEs affect us holistically. I have attached the graphic here so you can see the whole image.
From the article:
The identification of factors related to risk and resilience in the wake of child abuse is a matter of central importance for public health interventions (465). Understanding the pathways susceptible to disruption following ELS/CT (Early Life Stress/Childhood Trauma) exposure and the effects of a dysregulated interconnection between all neural systems involved could provide new insights into the pathophysiologic trajectories that link toxic stress during developmental stages of childhood and adolescence to adult maladjustment and psychopathology. Future studies should prospectively investigate potential confounders, their temporal sequence and combined effects at the epidemiological, biological, and epigenetic level (466, 467), while considering the potentially delayed time-frame for the expression of their effects. Finally, screening strategies for ELS/CT and trauma need to be improved. Information about ELS/CT history and the number of adverse experiences could help to better identify the individual risk for disease development, predict individual treatment response and design prevention strategies to reduce the negative effects of ELS/CT (468). Detecting and healing of the “hidden wounds” left by ELS/CT should thus be a public health priority.
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