Events causing stress responses during sensitive periods of rapid neurological development
in childhood may be early determinants of all-cause premature mortality. Using a British birth …

Creating Sanctuary is a description of a hospital-based program to treat adults who had
been abused as children and the revolutionary knowledge about trauma and adversity that …

Extensive evidence that personal experiences and environmental exposures are embedded
biologically (for better or for worse) and the cumulative knowledge of more than four …

Background Inequalities in early childhood development (ECD) tend to persist into
adulthood and amplify across the life course. To date, little research on inequalities in early …

Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) have been linked to poor health and
well-being outcomes, including poor mental health such as psychological distress. Both …

Despite health gains over the past 30 years, children and adolescents are not reaching their
health potential in many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition to …

Although evidence shows that attachment insecurity and disorganization increase risk for
the development of psychopathology (Fearon, Bakermans-Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn …

The international community is increasingly aware of the negative impacts of child marriage
on a wide range of development outcomes. Ending child marriage is now part of the …

Policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics benefit from expertise and
resources of liaisons and internal (AAP) and external reviewers. However, policy statements …

Why does conscientiousness matter for education? How is conscientiousness
conceptualized in the field of research on education? How do socio-emotional (SE) skills …