EXPOSURE TO ADVERSE Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including abuse, neglect,
household dysfunction, and other early life adversities, have been associated with negative …

LIFE COURSE HEALTH science integrates the extensive literature on early brain
development, childhood trauma and adversity, epigenetics, developmental psychology, and …

Advances in biology are providing deeper insights into how early experiences are built into
the body with lasting effects on learning, behavior, and health. Numerous evaluations of …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) detrimentally affect health outcomes in childhood,
adolescence, and adulthood. Over the past 2 decades, the recognition of ACEs by scientists …

This issue brief offers hope and a way forward so that all children and their families can
attain optimal physical, social, and emotional development and well-being. Presented are …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as experiencing or witnessing violence or
abuse or living with a parent with mental illness or substance use disorder, have been …

Experiences of childhood adversityare common, with more than 50% of adults reporting
having experienced at least 1 adversity as children and more than 6% exposed to 4 or more …

The adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) screening instrument is a validated, accessible
screening tool that can be used for early detection of common childhood traumas …

This fact sheet presents the latest data on the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs) among children in the United States. 1 ACEs include a range of experiences (Table …

Advances in a wide range of biological, behavioral, and social sciences are expanding our
understanding of how early environmental influences (the ecology) and genetic …