Talk focuses on scars of childhood trauma, building resiliency [record-eagle.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/26/1912:00 PM

ACE scores — a broad health indicator linked to childhood trauma — are far from common knowledge, said Megan Stilwill, a pediatrician and ACE interface master trainer. And that’s a problem.

“It’s quite possibly our greatest public health risk,” Stilwill said. “This information is incredibly powerful — it can help people make sense of their lives.”

One's ACE score can be determined through a simple, 10-question survey of early life trauma. It breaks down into three categories — abuse, neglect and household dysfunction, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[For more on this story by BROOKE KANSIER, go to https://www.record-eagle.com/n...49-a83ec7560b9d.html]

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