When I was twelve, I was coming home from swimming at my neighbor’s dock when I saw an ambulance’s flashing lights in our driveway. I still remember the asphalt burning my feet as I stood, paralyzed, ...

Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) during early childhood, middle childhood, and/or adolescence are all risk factors for self-harm and depression. Early and secondary interventions may ...

Researchers at Rutgers University have found that adverse childhood experiences can make people more sensitive to potential threats from others, which in turn increases their risk of engaging in ...

On Aug. 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had commuted the sentences of five people serving life without parole for murder. The oldest of them was 28 at the time of his crime, and ...

I, Setareh Harsamizadeh Tehrani, remember the sound of my parents fighting when I was a child, glasses shattering. I was experiencing something known as an adverse childhood experience, but I didn’t ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the relationship between maternal traumatic childhood experiences and epigenetic age acceleration throughout pregnancy and ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An important community discussion is coming to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. It's called "Lead the Fight," and the local nonprofit the Center for Child Counseling ...

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has increasingly become a public health concern among teenagers, not only because of its harmful consequences but also due to its potential role as a risk factor for ...

New research shows that overall, the prevalence of adverse and positive childhood experiences reported by parents of teenagers hasn't changed substantially in the United States in recent years.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be strong predictors of socioeconomic status, risky health behaviors, chronic health conditions, and adverse outcomes. However, less is known ...