I took the Adverse Childhood Experiences survey, and my ACE score is 1. That puts me among 61 percent of New Mexico adults. Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are things like losing a parent to ...

Most children have returned to school. For many, they've returned with new backpacks and school supplies. However for some, their backpacks also contain things we can’t readily see – Adverse Childhood ...

Kids have been asked to sacrifice a lot this last year. In-person school, playdates with their friends, travel and sporting activities, and fun extras like trips to the movies. On top of all that, ...

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, as they are known in the child mental and behavioral health community, can lead to lifelong conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, reactive ...

Invisible wounds of brain injury are not just in soldiers who have been deployed and injured in a war zone. They also occur in children who have been subject to adverse childhood experiences. Studies ...

Did you know there is an international event to help kids get their wiggles out? Every year on the first Wednesday of May, millions of children across the world participate in Project ACES, which ...

The authors are physicians members and/or leaders of the Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Maria is a 16-year-old girl living in poverty. Her mother has untreated depression and ...

Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a lifelong impact on our health and wellbeing. Consider this: People with positive childhood experiences live 20 more years on average than ...

Since the Office of the California Surgeon General began the program, about 900,000 children and adults on Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance plan for low-income people, have been screened. The ...

Many families are impacted by autism a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention autism is found in one in 59 children ...