Recognizing the importance of childhood maltreatment as a critical factor in psychiatric diagnoses, treatment, research, prevention, and education

MH Teicher, JB Gordon, CB Nemeroff - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Childhood maltreatment is the most important preventable risk factor for psychiatric
disorders. Maltreated individuals typically develop psychiatric disorders at an earlier age …

Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods

L Malave, MT van Dijk, C Anacker - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Early life adversity (ELA) is a major risk factor for mental illness, but the neurobiological
mechanisms by which ELA increases the risk for future psychopathology are still poorly …

Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical health throughout life

CA Nelson, ZA Bhutta, NB Harris, A Danese, M Samara - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical health throughout life Page 1 TOXIC
STRESS AND PTSD IN CHILDREN Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences among US adults—behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2011–2020

EA Swedo - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2023 - cdc.gov
Among US adults from all 50 states and the District of Columbia surveyed during 2011–
2020, approximately two thirds reported at least one ACE; one in six reported four or more …

Cognitive aging and the promise of physical activity

KI Erickson, SD Donofry, KR Sewell… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Is the field of cognitive aging irretrievably concerned with decline and deficits, or is it shifting
to emphasize the hope of preservation and enhancement of cognitive function in late life? A …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse childhood experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and associations with poor mental health and suicidal behaviors among high school students …

KN Anderson - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022 - cdc.gov
The prevalences of poor current mental health and past-year suicide attempts among
adolescents reporting four or more ACEs during the COVID-19 pandemic were four and 25 …

The challenges of achieving equity within public school gifted and talented programs

SJ Peters - Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
K–12 gifted and talented programs have struggled with racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, native
language, and disability inequity since their inception. This inequity has been well …

Obesity in adolescents

TS Hannon, SA Arslanian - New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Obesity in Adolescents Adolescent patients with obesity benefit from
evaluation and follow-up according to a long-term care model with attention to and …

Recognizing the cumulative burden of childhood adversities transforms science and practice for trauma and resilience.

S Hamby, JHL Elm, KH Howell… - American Psychologist, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) studies transformed our
understanding of the true burden of trauma. Notable elements of Felitti and colleagues' …

Frequencies and patterns of adverse childhood events in LGBTQ+ youth

SL Craig, A Austin, J Levenson, VWY Leung… - Child abuse & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Trauma, specifically adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), predicts significant
health and mental health disparities, yet there is a paucity of research with LGBTQ+ youth …