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By Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio, December 9, 2019 California health officials want children and adults on Medi-Cal to get screened for traumatic childhood events that can cause negative health effects down the line. Now the state has started giving doctors and nurses tools to do the screenings. People who experience adversity early in life have much higher chances of substance abuse, depression, or chronic diseases than their peers, according to national research. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s...

I was first inspired to create a fact sheet summarizing the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) after reading a comment in “Got Your ACE score?” A reader wished she had a form to give her doctor that documented the vast body of evidence explaining how early trauma increases risk for chronic physical and mental health conditions and much more. I could relate.

By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2020 A screening tool developed by Bay Area pediatricians to identify adverse childhood experiences, ranging from homelessness and food insecurity to physical and sexual abuse, will now help doctors statewide address trauma affecting patients’ health. The California Department of Health Care Services approved the tool — called PEARLS, for Pediatric ACEs and Related Life-Events Screener — last month. As of Jan. 1, its use is covered by...

By Daniela Germano, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 1, 2019 An online training program is aiming to educate health-care professionals about biases Indigenous women may experience as highlighted by allegations of recent coerced sterilizations. Dr. Naana Jumah, an obstetrician-gynecologist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and assistant professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, said the idea for the program came in 2011 when she was doing her residency.

On the chance that someone here can offer a referral or advice, I'm looking for a trauma-informed medical doctor who can be my wife's Primary Care Physician. She is 39 years old and has gone without medical care for over 27 years as a result of her childhood trauma which involved severe neglect and long-term social isolation. I need to find a physician who is willing to communicate with me before her first appointment so I can fully explain her condition and what kind of approach will best...

Dr. Mead, This is such a great collection of resources. I so appreciate you putting it all together.

Thank you, Veronique, for your prolific and powerful post! Thank you for your creative initiative of developing two ACEs Fact Sheets. Thank you for streamlining the pathway for patients to be well-informed and prepared to advocate for their well-being during their doctors' visits. Thank you for lifting up our amazing ACEs Connection Cissy White. "In addition to the commenter who wished for an ACE form (thank you for being so courageous and clear about what you needed), I was also inspired to...

Thanks Dana! It feels great to share resources that can be truly empowering and helpful. I hadn't thought of translating the fact sheets but absolutely. Let me know if you know anyone who would like to help me do so!

Laurie you are so welcome - you and pediatricians and the world working with kids have been on my mind :-)

Please know I'll reach out to my colleagues in higher education to see if any of their students' can translate (Spanish, Tagalong, Vietnamese, etc.) and need additional hours for internships or field placements. Thank you again, Dr. Mead, for your exceptional ACEs Fact Sheets.

PS - everyone please call me Veronique!! (pronounced Vair-uh-neek) :-)

Dana that's terrific - what a wonderful fit!!

Dear Chris, I just saw your request and that you posted this question perhaps a year ago. Seeing no other comments I wanted to check in to see if you've found good care with someone who can connect well with your wife. I was once a family doctor and ended up retraining as a trauma therapist and specializing in chronic illness. If additional support is helpful I'd suggest your wife get support for healing some of these effects of trauma she has around events from childhood as they could make...

As I've discovered since leaving my career as a family doctor, retraining as a somatic trauma therapist, and scouring the research for 20 years - adversity of all kinds, in all phases of our lives, and in past generations influences our health. As does discrimination. Like ACEs, these 7 additional categories of adversity shape health. They increase opportunities for prevention, identify early indicators of risk, and offer more tools for healing chronic illness and other effects of trauma.