Decades after a landmark study showed the lasting health effects of such trauma, researchers are finding ways to guard ...

A recent study followed more than 73,000 NSW children from their prenatal period through to adulthood to reveal how adverse ...

Most people assume their memories of growing up are fixed, much like a file stored in a cabinet, but new research suggests ...

What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

Scientists have known for some time that people who experience early childhood adversity are more prone to developing health and behavioral issues in adulthood, but the brain mechanisms behind these ...

Early-life adversity should accelerate development, resulting in earlier pubertal maturation than would otherwise be expected ...

In 1995, a research team in Southern California launched an inquiry into how the challenges people experience during their younger years impact them as adults. They asked approximately 17,000 adults ...

The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been well established since a landmark population-based study published in the late 1990s demonstrated a strong association between exposure to ...

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...