The adverse childhood experience (ACE) questionnaire has become a critical part of public health. It offers physicians a screening tool to evaluate patients, gaining valuable insights into their ...

A landmark study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Keiser Permanente investigated the effects of child abuse and related adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as a public health problem over ...

Childhood sexual abuse and paternal death are among the strongest predictors for developing major depressive disorder later ...

The human suffering resulting from childhood adversities is profound and poorly recognized. Michael Menard’s new book offers hope.

The Born This Way Foundation is opening doors for many youth to have the full life they are born to live. Yet many youth experience events in their early life, through no choice of their own, which ...

Exposure to adverse childhood experiences is linked to an increased risk for treatment-resistant depression in adulthood, ...

I was recently working with a young mother who struggled with depression and anxiety in the difficult year following the birth of her child. In addition to managing the herculean task of adjusting to ...