Abstract Background Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACE) increases the risk of adult physical and mental health disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and influences adult brain structure and function. ACE could influence...
"The agency told caseworkers this month that they can no longer remove children from homes without an in-person court hearing, a process that can take days — or longer in some rural areas — and potentially leave a child being abused or...
"Oxford researchers have found internet forums provide a support network for socially isolated young people. However, they also conclude that the internet is linked to an increased risk of suicide and self-harm among vulnerable adolescents. Following...
"They interviewed people who had been shown to receive inadequate care to find out what their specific needs were and to understand why they had not accessed the services they needed. "In response to this, the researchers introduced and tested a new...
"BY definition, foster children have been delinquent, abandoned, neglected, physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused, and that does not take into account nonstatutory abuses like heartache. About two-thirds never go to college and very few...
"A recent study shows violence against women in Tennessee costs the state more than $880 million annually. "The study was done by the Tennessee Economic Council on Women and presented at a recent women's summit in Nashville. "It identified costs...
Abstract Objectives . We investigated the links between homelessness associated with serious mental and physical healthy disparities and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in nationally representative data, with Axis I and II disorders as potential...
Abstract Although Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are linked to increased health problems and risk behaviors in adulthood, there are no studies on the association between ACEs and adults’ states of mind regarding their early childhood...
"More than half of the children in the NSCAW II sample report four or more adverse childhood experiences. This finding is from a brief that uses the second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II) to examine rates of...
"The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released " Children’s Exposure to Violence and the Intersection Between Delinquency and Victimization .” This is the fifth publication in OJJDP’s series on...
"The Office of National Drug Policy Control promotes a “smart on crime” approach that emphasizes prevention and access to treatment over incarceration in order to break the cycle of substance abuse, crime and re-arrest—especially...
"U.S. lawmakers called Tuesday for federal action to prevent parents from giving unwanted adopted children to strangers met on the Internet, and the Illinois attorney general urged Facebook and Yahoo to police online groups where children may be...
"Walker visited the advocacy center to learn more about its comprehensive approach to addressing reported sexual and physical abuse of children. “I visited today because one of my initiatives is called Fostering Futures, which is related to...
AC member Dr. Vincent Felitti is featured in this podcast. Dr. Vincent Felitti is one of the co-authors of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study , and this week he's presenting his findings at a conference of Vermont public health and medical...