What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

Childhood is often viewed as a time of innocence, laughter, and love—a phase meant to be cherished and protected. However, when these early years are marked by fear, neglect, or emotional harm, the ...

Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of 18. A new study published in the Journal of Child ...

What counts as trauma: Adverse childhood experiences include abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, all of which can have ...

Childhood is often imagined as a time of innocence, exploration, and unconditional love. But for many, those early years were shaped by experiences of abuse—experiences that may remain hidden yet ...

A University of Sydney-led study published today has found 42 percent of Australian adults - more than eight million people - experienced a traumatic event as children. Those affected have a 50 ...

New research indicates that the long-term neurological impact of childhood trauma is not permanently etched onto the brain. An analysis of brain communication patterns in a group of individuals who ...

Folklore and urban legends are replete with pithy sayings and grim anecdotes expressing the belief that trauma and adversity prematurely age a person. Now we are acquiring new tools to test these ...

Hundreds of people gathered Monday night for Justice Matters' Annual Nehemiah Action Assembly at 200 McDonald Dr. in Lawrence. In a gathering led by a local faith-based advocacy group, hundreds in the ...

Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...