The Department of Health and Social Services held a conference on Wednesday focused on raising awareness and promoting resources for victims of traumatic experiences.
The “Trauma Matters” conference took place at Delaware Technical Community College’s Terry Campus in Dover.
According to a 2011-2012 study conducted by the National Survey of Children’s Health, about 50 percent of Delaware children under 18 have had an adverse experience. Trauma, which can stem from hardships in the domestic or neighborhood environment, has been linked to a number of negative long-term future outcomes that include depression, abusive relationships and unemployment, according to the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, a 15-year landmark study by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente.
[For more of this story, written by Eli Chen, go to http://www.wdde.org/74755-dhss...ntal-health-services]
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