Adverse Childhood Experiences: Dysfunctional Households.

To conlude our series on ACEs, today we are going to consider dysfunctional families. If you’ve ever seen some TV shows or movies, in some of them they try to portray a dysfunctional family in action. The only problem is that these movies often trivializes these types of families and makes light of the situation. […]

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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Children Neglect.

Today we are considering the aspect of neglect in ACEs. In simple terms, neglect is the ongoing failure to meet a child’s basic needs and the most common form of child abuse. A child might be left hungry or dirty, or without proper clothing, shelter, supervision or health care. This can put children and young […]

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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Considering Abuse

Child abuse is the willful infliction of pain and suffering on children through physical, sexual, or emotional mistreatment. The term child abuse normally referred to only physical mistreatment, but since then its application has expanded to include, in addition to inordinate physical violence, unjustifiable verbal abuse; the failure to furnish proper shelter, nourishment, medical treatment, […]

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Let’s talk about Depression and Stigma.

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may […]

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