[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site -- abuseresearch.info -- that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on ACEs. Every month, she will post the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs. Thank you, Harise!! -- Jane Stevens]
Altamimi D, Almuneef M, Albuhairan F, Saleheen H.
Examining the relationship between child maltreatment and school performance in public schools in Saudi Arabia: A pilot study.
Scand J Public Health. 2017 Jul;45(5):536-542. PMID: 28403680
For 674 male and female Saudi students aged 12-19 years, various ACEs were associated with poor school performance.
Madigan S, Wade M, Plamondon A, Maguire JL, Jenkins JM.
Maternal Adverse Childhood Experience and Infant Health: Biomedical and Psychosocial Risks as Intermediary Mechanisms.
J Pediatr. 2017 Aug;187:282-289.e1. PMID: 28549634
For 501 Canadian maternal-infant pairs followed from birth for 18 months, maternal personal ACE score of 4 or more was associated with a 2-5 times increased risk of biomedical risk (prenatal and perinatal complications) and psychosocial risk (depression, partner violence). In turn, biomedical risk was associated with child physical health problems, and psychosocial risk with child emotional problems. In this way, maternal ACEs can confer vulnerability to the next generation.
Epperson CN, Sammel MD, Bale TL, et. al.
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk for First-Episode Major Depression During the Menopause Transition.
J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Mar;78(3):e298-e307. PMID: 28394509
For 243 women in an aging study, women reporting 2 or more ACEs were 2.05 times more likely to have experienced lifetime major depression and 2.58 times more likely to report depression at the onset of menopause than women reporting 0 ACEs.
Goldstein E, Athale N, Sciolla AF, Catz SL.
Patient Preferences for Discussing Childhood Trauma in Primary Care. Perm J. 2017;21. PMID: 28333604
83% of 178 adult underserved primarily Latino primary care patients agreed to participate in a study to ask about traumatic experiences. 37% screened positive for PTSD, 42% reported 4 or more ACEs, and 26% reported high on both measures. 79% reported being comfortable being asked about ACEs by clinicians, 85.5% with letting clinicians know the results of the ACE survey, and 69.7% with including results of the ACE survey in their medical record.
Naicker SN, Norris SA, Mabaso M, Richter LM.
An analysis of retrospective and repeat prospective reports of adverse childhood experiences from the South African Birth to Twenty Plus cohort.
PLoS One. 2017 Jul 26;12(7):e0181522. PMID: 28746343
From an ongoing study, there were substantial differences in report of ACEs from caregivers and from children prospectively and retrospectively.
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