How do bad things that happen to little girls shape their lives as women? The science of adverse childhood experiences is growing, and the findings are sobering. And – it’s not just the experiences that first come to mind, such as child abuse. It’s far more than that.
We know that when some children experience a negative event when they are young, they are more prone to developmental and mental health problems. But, about 15 years ago, a small group of researchers and physicians led by Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda from University of California, San Diago, started to make startling connections between adverse childhood experiences and health in adulthood. They even coined an acronym for these experiences: ACES.
[For more of this story, written by David Kingston, go to http://blogs.psychcentral.com/...d-then-they-grow-up/]
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