Tag: adverse childhood experience

To truly understand a person’s actions and behaviors, one must ask: What was this person exposed to? What did they experience?

While most of the sting is gone, even now — almost sixty years on — I can’t get through a single day without thinking about shock treatment and the state hospital. I regularly have dreams or nightmares about being lost in a strange place and someone making me feel like dirt.

New prevention strategies are needed based on our increasing understanding of the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

A qualitative study explores young adults’ childhood bullying experiences.

Journal releases a compilation of articles detailing how zero-tolerance policy may impact mental health.