Very helpful, Chris. I'm assembling a chapter for a white paper that members of the Academy on Violence and Abuse and the National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse are putting together for health practitioners. The white paper "seeks to advise clinicians regarding useful “next steps” after learning their patient has experienced adverse childhood experiences."
The chapter I'm putting together provides resources -- handouts, books, organizations, etc., online and otherwise -- that practitioners can provide their patients and clients.
I agree that physicians should know something about ACEs, because if a patient tells them, they'll know how to respond. I told my OBGYN that I'd been sexually abused as a child. His response -- "It took you so long to tell me!" and then he changed the subject. I would have preferred that he ask more questions, specifically if there was something he could do to make the exams more comfortable for me. Another physician I told -- a woman who was getting ready to grab a piece of vaginal tissue for a biopsy -- looked shocked and then tried to rush the procedure, poking at me to relax. Yep, that worked oh so well.