ACEs and the US Congress.

You may be interested in this overview article about the ACE Study where, starting on p211, we describe our findings from screening for ACEs on a very large scale.  Even this initial step had unexpected major benefits.      ...

A few years ago, Dr. Robert Anda at CDC, and co-Principal Investigator of the ACE Study, got the ACE Questionnaire added to the BRFSS or Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a state-by-state annual collection of standardized public health...

In all of medicine, it is important to understand that there are only three sources of diagnostic information: patient history, physical examination, and laboratory studies.  While patients overwhelmingly assume that diagnosis derives from lab...

A physician colleague in Florida has been studying ACEs in the juvenile corrections system, relating certain aspects to various outcomes like recidivism, and is getting close to have an article for publication.  I think it should be in a...

I was recently in Banff, Alberta, a beautiful place high in the Canadian Rockies, to speak about the ACE Study at the Alberta College of Family Physicians.  It was a fine meeting and a quite interested audience.  Hopefully, some of the...

As a result of the efforts of Dr. Robert Anda, my CDC partner in the ACE Study, a number of States are including the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study measurements in their routine, annual, public health  measures via the BRFSS or...

Several people have pointed me to ameaningful New York Times article by Nicholas Kristof that is at  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01...ref=nicholasdkristof A San Diego Public Defender sends the observation:  "Glad that this information seems to be leaking out in various ways.  Maybe one of these days medicine, the criminal justice system, education, and child welfare services will coordinate to reduce (eliminate?) ACEs and make the world a better place.  On the criminal...

We now have some members who are very experienced in the criminal justice system.  I'd certainly like to learn more about their thoughts on the relationship of ACEs to crime.  An excellent book will soon be out on kids in Juvenile Hall....

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...