Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Health and Mental Health Consequences [Oakland, CA]

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Health and Mental Health Consequences

NEW DATE 
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

SPEAKER
Vincent Felitti, MD
John Preston, PsyD, ABPP

LOCATION
Kaiser Center Auditorium
300 Lakeside Drive, 2nd floor
Oakland, CA 94612

SEMINAR AGENDA   

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as those experienced by children growing up in environments that include drug abuse, domestic violence and/or mental illness to name just a few, are early, stressful life events that have been identified as contributing factors to health problems.  Dr. Vince Felitti will describe his landmark ACEs study that examined the health of over 17K patients seen in primary care at Kaiser Permanente, San Diego. This study revealed that, as the number of ACEs that each person experienced increased, so did their tendency to develop a variety of health and mental health problems, from obesity to cancer to suicidality.

The second presentation, by Dr. John Preston, will focus on the neuropsychological and psycho-neuro-immunological factors that are involved in the formation of health and mental health disorders that are caused by ACEs.  The neuroendocrine and the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system will be described in their association with the breakdown of the immune system and the formation of hyper- and hypo-cortisolism and inflammation.  This interface between early stress, and mental and physical health represents the need for an integrated approach to all health care and calls for medical providers to be more psychological in their approach and psychological service providers to be more attentive to health issues.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify five or more ACEs
2. Describe how ACEs contribute to health and mental health problems in later life
3. Describe the neuroscience underlying the inability to regulate affect
4. Identify three or more psychological disorders associated with ACEs
5. Explain how medical problems, including auto-immune disorders, are associated with ACEs

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Mental Health Training Programs are accredited by the California Psychological Association’s Office of Professional Development to provide continuing education to mental health professionals licensed by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and the California Board of Psychology.

KPNC Mental Health Training Programs designate this live activity for 4 (four) continuing education units for the above-identified licensed professionals.

TPMG Physician Education and Development is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

TPMG Physician Education and Development designates this live activity for a maximum of3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ for the live training. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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