" I was sexually assaulted when I was 18 years old (and far away from home) during my freshman year of college. He was a rather popular and extremely successful athlete on my college campus. This event occurred two weeks after I lost my virginity...
Abstract ABSTRACT: The aims of this study were to gain a better understanding of adverse life events connected with the development of schizotypal personality traits and, also, to examine whether subclinical schizotypy has a relationship with...
Until we understand the etiology of a disease or condition, we tend to blame the victim. It seems to be human nature. In the mid-1800s, people thought that if you came down with cholera, a disease caused by bacteria, it was your fault. Those who came...
"PTSD is usually treated with drugs, behavioral therapy and other approaches. But for many, these methods don’t work. Now, researchers are looking at a new method that might limit future cases of PTSD and ease symptoms for those who have it:...
"The link between poor academic performance and substance abuse just got stronger, with a new U.S. government report showing ties between the two.... The researchers said their findings should prompt communities to develop strategies to keep teens in...
"Bullied children grow into adults who are at increased risk of developing anxiety disorders, depression and suicidal thoughts, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Medicine...."...
Abstracts Background There is an established relationship between childhood maltreatment and later psychopathology, but most studies have used self-reports and only consider a small number of experiences. The main aim of this study was to examine...
Abstract Purpose Our study assesses the relationships between self-reported adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) (including sexual, physical, or verbal abuse, along with household dysfunction including parental separation or divorce, domestic...
“A lot of the common denominator, a lot of the society ills that we have start with childhood poverty. The kids when they don’t grow up healthy, with an opportunity, with a good education because of the fact that they’re born poor,...
This is a Q&A with ACEsConnection member Dr. Bruce McEwen: "A professor of neuroscience at Rockefeller University, Bruce McEwen investigates how stress affects the mind and brain . He has published over 700 research papers exploring the ways that stress hormones can both damage the brain and lead to beneficial growth. TIME spoke with him recently about stress and health...." http://healthland.time.com/201...entist-bruce-mcewen/ See also: Bruce McEwen - Biological...
"When Emily Bazelon was in eighth grade, her friends fired her. Now a senior editor for Slate, Bazelon writes in her new book, Sticks and Stones: "Two and a half decades later, I can say that wryly: it happened to plenty of people, and look at us now,...
"More than 500 homicides were reported in Chicago in 2012, 16 percent more than in 2011. After the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teen shot a week after attending the inauguration, more attention has been focused on urban violence."...
New community website. "The City of Tarpon Springs is taking steps to become a "trauma informed community." Here to talk about what that means and how we can all be a part of this movement are Robin Saenger - Founding Director and former Vice...
Abstract Genetic, environmental, and epigenetic influences and their transactions were examined in a sample of 155 women from the Iowa adoptee sample who had been removed from their biological parents shortly after birth and assessed when participants...
"A proposal in the House would lift the statutes of limitations on civil and criminal actions in cases of child abuse and child sexual abuse. Missouri law has a 10-year statute of limitations on actions for damage or personal injury caused by child...