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Adverse Childhood Experiences

NHS Abuse Self Help Booklet

A booklet to help understand the impact of childhood abuse and helps explore how to overcome the effects.


CDC - Fast Facts about ACE's

Fast facts and more information about ACE’s

How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris | TED

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Published on 17 Feb 2015

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

Adverse Childhood Experiences - NHS Health Scotland

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Published on 22 May 2018

NHS Health Scotland has produced this short animation to contribute to raising awareness about the impact of childhood adversity.