Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
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Refugee Week 2022; Encouraging Inclusivity, Resilience, and the Right to be Safe
This Refugee Week (20 – 26 June), we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. We have gathered a range of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness this Refugee Week.
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Understanding Early Trauma: The case for supporting parent-infant relationships
Understanding of adverse childhood experiences has grown in recent years. We now know more about how external circumstances cause psychological trauma in some children. When we understand early trauma – and the importance of early relationships – we are better able to prevent, and respond to, children’s mental health problems. [Please note that this is an external blog and may not reflect the views of ACAMH]
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Join our ACEs SIG and Forum
Anyone can now join our Adverse Childhood Experiences Special Interest Group, completely free! ACAMH members can log in to the website and participate in discussions on the SIG Forum. If you’re not an ACAMH member (yet!), you will need to register to use the Forum first.
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ACEs eNewsletters
We’ll be bringing you the latest news on ACEs, and then discussing these in the ACES SIG Forum, so do please register to use the ACEs Forum.
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The future of research on Adverse Childhood Experiences: a panel discussion – recording
Our Special Interest Group on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) launched with a online panel discussion, and audience Q & A, discussing and identifying the key priorities for future research on ACEs. Dr. Jessie Baldwin (pic) chaired the discussion. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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Join our Adverse Childhood Experience Special Interest Group
We are inviting colleagues across the spectrum of Mental Health, Health, Social Care, and Education to join ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experience Special Interest Group, to become active members to contribute, question and share their understanding, and knowledge in this complex, growing and vital field of knowledge. You do not have to be an ACAMH Member to join the SIG or use the forum.
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Are ACE scores useful for identifying individuals at risk of health problems?
Clinics are increasingly screening for ACEs, but ACE scores may not tell us who will go on to develop poor health, explain Jessie R Baldwin (pic) and Andrea Danese.
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ADHD and risk for subsequent adverse childhood experiences: understanding the cycle of adversity
Video abstract by Dr. Claudia Lugo‐Candelas ‘ADHD and risk for subsequent adverse childhood experiences: understanding the cycle of adversity’.
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‘Understanding developmental cognitive science from different cultural perspectives’ – In Conversation with Tochukwu Nweze
Tochukwu Nweze, lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and, PhD student in MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge talks about his recent paper on parentally deprived Nigerian children having enhanced working memory ability, how important is it to study cultural differences in cognitive adaption during and following periods of adversity, and how can mental health professionals translate this understanding of difference into their work.
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How do early adverse experiences increase the risk for mental health problems?
Early adverse experiences can predict a variety of mental health problems later in life, from anxiety to rule breaking behaviour and impulsivity. However, the underlying pathways by which different types of early adverse experiences, increase the risk for mental health problems, are less clear.
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