Early detection of and intervention in childhood adversity has powerful potential to improve
the health and well-being of children. A systematic review was conducted to better …

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 …

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This article synthesizes knowledge on the role of relationships and key macro and micro-
contexts—poverty, racism, families, communities, schools, and peers—in supporting and/or …

The term “toxic stress” refers to a wide array of biological changes that occur at the
molecular, cellular, and behavioral levels when there is prolonged or significant adversity in …

Abstract Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), which include family dysfunction and
community-level stressors, negatively impact the health and well being of children …

The developing human brain is shaped by environmental exposures—for better or worse.
Many exposures relevant to mental health are genuinely social in nature or believed to have …

Childhood adversity is associated with increased risk for psychopathology.
Neurodevelopmental pathways underlying this risk remain poorly understood. A recent …

In this article, we describe the results of the second phase of a randomized controlled trial of
Minding the Baby (MTB), an interdisciplinary reflective parenting intervention for infants and …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Current assessments of adverse childhood experiences
(ACEs) may not adequately encompass the breadth of adversity to which low-income urban …