Aces and Trauma Informed Care

Trauma

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an emotional wound or shock that causes substantial, sometimes lasting damage to psychological development

Adverse Childhood Experiences. Describes all types of abuse, neglect, and other traumatic experiences that occur to individuals under 18.

Who participated in the ACE study?

17,000 people interviewed and answered questions about their childhood experiences and current health status and behaviors.

What did the Kaiser ACE study examine?

Relationships between these traumatic (abusive and neglectful) experiences during childhood and reduced health and well-being later in life

3 types of ACES include:

Abuse (physical, emotional, social), Neglect (physical, emotional), Household Dysfunction (mental illness, incarcerated relative, mother treated violently, substance abuse, divorce)

What impacts do ACE's have?

As the number of ACE's increases, so does the risk for negative health outcomes

ACE study findings

childhood experiences are POWERFUL determinants of who we become as adults and that traumatic experiences have a significant effect on developmental or social problems

What ACE score shows how common trauma is?

The higher the ACE score, the greater the likelihood of

severe emotional problems, health risk behaviors, serious social problems, adult disease and disability, high health and mental health care costs, poor life expectancy

ACES vs Sexual partners

The more ACE's, the more likely you are to have 50 sexual partners