[Ed. note: This post is in response to Dr. Jeoff Gordon's post about the American College of Preventive Medicine's position statement on ACEs.] Responding with, and on behalf of, my co-authors Kevin Sherin, MD MBA MPH and David Niebuhr, MD MPH MSc. Dr. Gordon, thank you for starting a conversation about our Open Access paper which includes the ACPM Position Statement on ACEs. We agree 100% that a national priority is preventing, mitigating, and treating childhood maltreatment as well as all...

I was honored to have my review article, “Childhood Adversity and Lifelong Health: from research to action”, chosen as the November 2018 cover story of the Journal of Family Practice . Here is a link to the article. Access is free after registration with the journal and retrievable directly by anyone who has Medline PubMed access. https://www.mdedge.com/jfponline/article/178388/pediatrics/childhood-adversity-lifelong-health-research-action Highlights from the article include: - recognition...

On May 23 at 7 PM, Chicago Volunteer Doulas will present a special screening and panel discussion of The Chicago Maternity Center Story , an important documentary recently restored by Kartemquin Films. Birth center and home birth delivery for low risk women, doulas (trained labor support coaches) and breast-feeding support all help to optimize birth outcomes for mothers and babies, prevent re-traumatization of women and families, and set the stage for secure attachment relationships, which...