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By Dayna Long, Medium, May 19, 2020 A consensus of scientific research demonstrates that cumulative adversity, especially when experienced during critical and sensitive periods of development, is a significant contributing factor to some of the most harmful, persistent, and expensive health challenges facing our nation. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are highly prevalent, experienced in all communities, and are likely to increase during the COVID-19 emergency [i] [ii] [iii] [iv] [v].

  Why screen if there are no services? By: DR. BARBARA J. HOWARD OCTOBER 6, 2014 Behavioral Consult Do you remember the discussion of the ethical dilemma of Huntington’s disease you probably participated in during medical school? The...

Gynecological problems as a result of ACEs, and particularly of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA), are rarely discussed in books and articles about the ACEs. The author would like to see that issue become part of the ACEs conversation.

Thank you for your posts. It's scary when I hear people say "it's all about choices," as if babies and children have agency.

Hi Dianne, Thanks so much for your comments, thoughts and questions, and being brave enough to share your personal history! It reinforces in my mind why it's so necessary that health care systems should be trained in trauma-informed practices. I recently interviewed a nurse practitioner, Annie Lewis-O'Connor about another project. But she founded and directs the C.A.R.E. clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. It's a trauma-informed clinic that serves girls and women who have...