Aiming to root out trauma that can have debilitating ramifications for children through adulthood, East Tennessee State University and Ballad Health have announced the creation of a local institute to research adverse childhood experiences.
Officials hope the Strong BRAIN Institute will serve as regional and national resource for encouraging awareness and study of adverse childhood experiences, also called ACEs, promote evidence-based practices to prevent the negative effects of ACEs and foster a citizenry and workforce that understands the role of trauma in health outcomes.
“BRAIN” is an acronym for “Building Resilience through ACEs-Informed Networking.”
“We know from scientific literature that having ACEs not only traumatizes the children experiencing them, but they disrupt the development of normal brain architecture, which has lasting effects throughout the lifetime,” said Wallace Dixon, the new director of the Strong BRAIN Institute, during a press conference Friday at ETSU.
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