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ACEs/Trauma - Adverse Childhood Experiences
What is it?
"Highly stressful and potentially traumatic event or situations which occur drone childhood and adolescence. It can be a single event, prolonged threats to, breaches of the younger persons safety, security trust r bodily integrity" (Young Minds, 2018)
Examples
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Living with someone who abused drugs
Emotional abuse
Living wit someone who abused alcohol
Exposue to domestic violence
Living with someone who is going to prison
Living with someone who has a serious mental illness
Losing a parent though divorce, death or abandonment
Impacts of ACEs
More risk of health problems like cancer and heart disease
more risk of mental health problems
The longer someone experiences ACEs, the bigger the impact will be on their health and development
Struggles to manage emotions
Impacts on the ability to keep healthy friendships and relationships
Ability to manage behaviour in school settings
causing harm to self or others
How common are ACEs?
In a 2014 UK study on ACEs, 47% of people experienced at least one ACE with 9% of the population having 4+ ACES (Bellis et al, 2014).
Almost half of children and young people living in the UK have experienced one or more forms of adversity.(Young Minds, 2018)
Reference list NHS (2021). Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Attachment. [online] NHS. Available at:
https://mft.nhs.uk/rmch/services/camhs/young-people/adverse-childhood-experiences-aces-and-attachment/.Young
Minds (2018). Understanding trauma and adversity. [online] YoungMinds. Available at:
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/professional/resources/understanding-trauma-and-adversity/
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