scholarly journals Editorial Perspective: Adverse childhood events causally contribute to mental illness – we must act now and intervene early

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Linden ◽  
Joelle LeMoult
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Adverse Childhood Events ◽  
Adverse Childhood

Adverse childhood experiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Katie Scott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Criminal Behaviour ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood Events ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are events during childhood that are stressful and may impact upon mental and physical health having effects in childhood and future adulthood. Examples of ACEs include abuse (physical, emotional, sexual); neglect; living in a household with domestic violence, substance or alcohol misuse, or criminal behaviour; or living with a caregiver with mental illness. A history of ACEs is not routinely sought in UK healthcare. As a result opportunities to prevent and modify the negative effects of adverse childhood events are missed.

Adverse childhood events, adult distress, and the role of emotion regulation.

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha Rudenstine ◽  
Adriana Espinosa ◽  
Andrew Brockbank McGee ◽  
Emma Routhier
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Adverse Childhood Events ◽  
Adverse Childhood

Building Resilience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Ginsburg
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Development ◽  
Adverse Childhood Events ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
New Information ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Strength Based

This fully revised and updated edition includes new information about how strength-based relationships are critical to healthy development, especially for children who have had adverse childhood events or experiences (ACEs). https://shop.aap.org/building-resilience-in-children-and-teens-4th-edition-paperback/

scholarly journals Associations between adverse childhood experiences and acquired brain injury, including traumatic brain injuries, among adults: 2014 BRFSS North Carolina

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie S Guinn ◽  
Katie A Ports ◽  
Derek C Ford ◽  
Matt Breiding ◽  
Melissa T Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can negatively affect lifelong health and opportunity. Acquired brain injury (ABI), which includes traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as other causes of brain injury, is a health condition that affects millions annually. The present study uses data from the 2014 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the relationship between ACEs and ABI. The study sample included 3454 participants who completed questions on both ABI and ACEs. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine the relationship between ACEs and ABI as well as ACEs and TBI. Sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, household mental illness and household substance abuse were significantly associated with ABI after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender and employment. Compared with those reporting no ACEs, individuals reporting three ACEs had 2.55 times the odds of having experienced an ABI; individuals reporting four or more ACEs had 3.51 times the odds of having experienced an ABI. Examining TBI separately, those who experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, household mental illness and had incarcerated household members in childhood had greater odds of reported TBI, after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender and income. Respondents reporting three ACEs (AOR=4.16, 95% CI (1.47 to 11.76)) and four or more ACEs (AOR=3.39, 95% CI (1.45 to 7.90)) had significantly greater odds of reporting TBI than respondents with zero ACEs. Prevention of early adversity may reduce the incidence of ABI; however, additional research is required to elucidate the potential pathways from ACEs to ABI, and vice versa.

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