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Reply to "If you told your physician: "I have an ACE...or three or four", what would you want your doc to tell you?"

Kathy -- While we're waiting for Dr. Felitti's response, I'll provide some info....here's Dr. Felitti's post about how he integrated ACE screening at Kaiser:

How we integrated ACE screening into the Health Appraisal Center at...

Also, family services in the public health dept. in Port Townsend, WA, is screening for ACEs -- http://acestoohigh.com/2012/03/23/public-health-clinic-adds-child-trauma-to-smoking-alcohol-hiv-screening/

And Dr. Nadine Burke is screening for ACEs in her pediatric practice in San Francisco. She did a webinar for the  American Academy of Pediatrics about it.  

Personally speaking, I would want nurse practitioners and physicians to be able to talk about this with a patient, especially since they may need to change their approach and treatment. It's a physical and mental health issue.  

-- J.

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