Negative life events such as abuse and homelessness can cause serious mental health problems, a panel of local professionals told an audience at Beloit Public Library recently.
The Women’s Fund of the Stateline Community Foundation hosted the event, which is the first of three scheduled to cover issues important to Beloit women and girls.
“Because the Women’s Fund maintains regular contact with service providers helping women and girls, we make it our job to share what we have learned,” said Sandra Kincaid, co-chair of the Women’s Fund. “We want to become a reliable resource for corporations and philanthropies to direct their attention to worthy organizations in the community.”
Karen White, a licensed mental health therapist at Beloit Health System, described the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) psychological test. It checks for 10 types of childhood trauma including abuse, family dysfunction and neglect.
[For more of this story, written by Sherry Blakeley, go to http://www.beloitdailynews.com...89-9784f2830dac.html]
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