Posts Tagged ‘Nadine Burke Harris’
Pediatricians Screening for ACEs Can Change Lives
Pediatricians screening for ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) can change a child’s life. And yet, according to the Academic Pediatrics [Journal] 2016;16:154–160 article, Do Pediatricians Ask About Adverse Childhood Experiences, “Only 2% of pediatricians reported that they were very familiar with the ACEs study, 9% were somewhat familiar, 13% were vaguely familiar, and 76% were not at…
Read MoreChildhood Trauma – Substance Misuse Connection
The childhood trauma – substance misuse connection is one of the most important interactions society as a whole must understand. It is profoundly life changing because it changes a child or teen’s brain circuitry – meaning how their brain wires, thus how it works, thus what that child or teen thinks, feels, says and does,…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking IS Childhood Trauma
There’s been a great deal of new research about the role childhood trauma plays in changing the neural network wiring of a child’s developing brain. I think Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris does one of the best jobs explaining (in 15 minutes!), “Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up … the repeated stress…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking – a Breeding Ground for ACEs
Secondhand Drinking can be a breeding ground for ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). Why? ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences – Explained The concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) was first introduced in the findings of the ACEs Study — a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego.…
Read MoreAdverse Childhood Experiences – Dr. Nadine Burke Harris Revolutionizing Pediatric Medicine
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’s TEDMED Talk on how childhood trauma – Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – affects health across a lifetime is remarkable. I urge readers of this blog to view her 15 minute video because childhood trauma is one of the key risk factors for developing a substance use disorder. Revolutionizing Pediatric Medicine to Recognize…
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