Here are a few interesting developments concerning ACE concepts: Missouri child abuse task force meets for first time. The 16-member Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children met, the Springfield News-Leader reported....
Nicholas Kristoff wrote about the American Academy of Pediatrics' policy statement in his column in the New York Times on Saturdsy. This month, the American Academy of Pediatrics is issuing a landmark warning that this toxic stress can...
I see patients and their physical conditions through the eyes of what they believe. In my experience, the places people "get stuck" physically and emotionally and behaviorally is often a function of deep held beliefs (which are often unconscious to...
I am enjoying reading Robin Karr-Morse's new book, "Scared Sick," and am very impressed by what she has done. This book is well worth looking at. She is highly knowledgeable of the literature on child development, weaving in her own...
As people have joined the network, I've asked them to provide some information about their interest in ACEs. Here are another two: Eileen King and Nora Baladerian. Some of the responses are shortened, so there's a link to their page to read more about...
As people have joined the network, I've asked them to provide some information about their interest in ACEs. Here are another three: Douglas Drossman, Karen Cangialosi, and Patrick Anderson. Some of the responses are shortened, so there's a link to...
As people have joined the network, I've asked them to provide some information about their interest in ACEs. Here are three: Hélène Felitti, Laura Kerr and Gary Giovino. For sake of brevity, the responses are shortened. There's a link to...
As people have joined the network, I've asked them to provide some information about their interest in ACEs. Here are three more: Dana DeHart, Heather Larkin, and Ruth Collins-Nakai. Some of the responses are shortened, so there's a link to their page...
I was privileged to write about ACES in 2010 for RAISING ARIZONA KIDS magazine. Here is the web content and the link to the article: http://www.raisingarizonakids....Abuse&ar_id=1204 Thanks again for all your work, Dr. Felitti.
A really good article at Salon.com--"How Stress Is Really Hurting Our Kids"--mentions the ACE study. You can check it out here: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/02/how_stress_is_really_hurting_our_kids/
During my practice years of 1984 - 2009 I conducted detailed interviews with over 7000 people suffering from medically unexplained symptoms. In over 4000 of these the cause of the illness was linked to ACEs and I developed techniques for...
The primary prevention of ACES and fostering of Resilience, an antidote to ACES, has been a top priority for my husband, Dr. Burtt Richardson (a retired pediatrician) and myself, after hearing Dr. Felitti's ACES presentation in Maine in 2005....
My name is Dave Corwin. I confess that my picture is from 15 years ago but it's my favorite because the little girl on the TV above my left arm is my youngest daughter, Andrea, who is now 26 years old. She's 3 1/2 in the picture. ...
And the trailer's a real grabber: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLF1jfWbj64 The book , by Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley, was published yesterday. If anyone's reading it and wants to do a short review, feel free to let us know what...
Thanks to Vincent Felitti sending out invitations, the ACEs Too High Network now has 41 members from across the globe. So, now that you've joined, what's next? A few suggestions: Go to "My Page", click on "blog post" and introduce...