EVERY part of our society and culture has to change if we're going to lower our ACEs, including the news media. The Ms. Foundation and Berkeley Media Studies Group issued a report last week that showed how far we have to go. It provides some...
Philly.com posted on its blog, "Recognizing the Consequences of Childhood Stress: Are We There Yet?" that mentions ACEs. The article points out that since the nineteenth century, the connection between childhood trauma and mental illness has been...
What leads a middle-aged person to contemplate suicide? A failed relationship? Financial devastation? Drug abuse? All of these explanations have been suggested for an unexpected increase in suicides in persons 45 to 54 years old. According to the...
As people have joined the network, I've asked them to provide some information about their interest in ACEs. Here are another three: Nancy Hardt, Anthoulla Koutsoudi and Marielle Dekker. Some of the responses are shortened, so there's a link to their...
Several people have pointed me to ameaningful New York Times article by Nicholas Kristof that is at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01...ref=nicholasdkristof A San Diego Public Defender sends the observation: "Glad that this information seems to be leaking out in various ways. Maybe one of these days medicine, the criminal justice system, education, and child welfare services will coordinate to reduce (eliminate?) ACEs and make the world a better place. On the criminal...
The Judiciary Committee intends to begin “mark-up” of S. 1925 (VAWA) as early as January 26th. Check out http://4vawa.org/ for more information about how to be active today!
We now have some members who are very experienced in the criminal justice system. I'd certainly like to learn more about their thoughts on the relationship of ACEs to crime. An excellent book will soon be out on kids in Juvenile Hall....
As people have joined the network, I've asked them to provide some information about their interest in ACEs. Here are another three: Mary Holden, Susan Lankford and Bruce McEwen. Some of the responses are shortened, so there's a link to their page to...
[Catherine Bonnet requested that I post the following, with the attached PowerPoint.] In 2010 AIVI conducted a comparative survey in France to assess the effects of incest on health and daily life between 341 members of AIVI and 946 individuals from the general population. Unfortunately AIVI did not get funds for more than 12 comparative questions. However it was possible to add 12 more questions on health and the life, 12 other questions on the disclosure, all of these only for the...
Is Our Society Prejudiced Against Children? - In her blog that appears on Boston.com, pediatrician Claudia Gold reviews Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children , which was published yesterday. The book was written by ...
mentioned in the blog post by Howard Koseff , below....I was perusing the comments in Nicholas Kristoff's column about the AAP policy and found one by Pittsburgh clinical psychologist Sharna Olfman that she left on Jan. 9 at 12:07 pm (in case...
35% of child sex abuse caused by minors -- Time Health picked up this fascinating article by Associated Press reporter David Crary, who did a good job at describing the tragic complexity surrounding the minors that commit child sex abuse. For...
Saw this on Huffington this morning: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/10/nhs-future-forum-report-staff-must-change-use-of-time_n_1195790.html?ir=UK This may not have a direct relation to ACEs, but it speaks to what I believe is growing...
Congratulations! I love the idea of ACES Too High! I am the Executive Director of the Institute for Public Health (IPH) in the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University. The mission of the IPH is to serve as a...
Does anyone out here share my concern with a preoccupation in health care with drugs? I'm thinking for example of Ritalin and other ADHD meds, the significant immunization schedule that we expose babies to so early on and even PPIs. I'm not a...