Early adverse experience as a developmental risk factor for later psychopathology: evidence from rodent and primate models.
Early adverse experience as a developmental risk factor for later psychopathology.
Not exact matches
Young children who faced multiple
adverse experiences also were 15 percent more likely to develop severe depression by their preteen and
early teen years and 25 percent more likely to have physical health problems, such
as asthma and gastrointestinal disorders.
It's influenced by the stresses of poverty, violence, the loss of a parent, and other
adverse experiences, which together can have serious health consequences evident
as early as the teen and preteen years.»
But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that multiple
adverse experiences in
early childhood are linked to depression and physical health problems in kids
as young
as 9 to 15.
The statement is based on a review of existing scientific research published in peer - reviewed medical journals that documents a strong association between
adverse experiences in childhood and teen years and a greater likelihood of developing risk factors such
as obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes
earlier than those not
experiencing adverse experiences.
If the study populations are skewed to children exhibiting ADHD symptomatology
as a result of
adverse early life
experiences, a not unreasonable supposition since these studies have tended to lump ADHD and CD together, what is being measured are interventions to improve the parenting capacity of parents whose parenting abilities are so poor that their children have been adversely affected.
Adverse early experiences were related to increased rates of health problems in adulthood including obesity and cardiovascular disease
as well
as substance abuse, mental health problems, and poor health - related quality of life.
Children who
experience poverty, particularly during
early life or for an extended period, are at risk of a host of
adverse health and developmental outcomes through their life course.1 Poverty has a profound effect on specific circumstances, such
as birth weight, infant mortality, language development, chronic illness, environmental exposure, nutrition, and injury.
Our findings add insight into the pathways linking
early childhood adversity to poor adult wellbeing.29 Complementing past work that focused on physical health, 9 our findings provide information about links between ACEs and
early childhood outcomes at the intersection of learning, behavior, and health.29 We found that ACEs
experienced in
early childhood were associated with poor foundational skills, such
as language and literacy, that predispose individuals to low educational attainment and adult literacy, both of which are related to poor health.23, 30 — 33 Attention problems, social problems, and aggression were also associated with ACEs and also have the potential to interfere with children's educational
experience given known associations between self - regulatory behavior and academic achievement.34, 35 Consistent with the original ACE study and subsequent research, we found that exposure to more ACEs was associated with more
adverse outcomes, suggesting a dose — response association.3 — 8 In fact,
experiencing ≥ 3 ACEs was associated with below - average performance or problems in every outcome examined.
This paper hypothesises that the population of children receiving a clinical diagnosis of ADHD is aetiologically heterogeneous: that within this population, there is a group for whom the development of ADHD is largely genetically driven, and another who have a «phenocopy» of ADHD
as a result of very
adverse early childhood
experiences, with the prevalence of this phenocopy being heavily skewed towards populations living with poverty and violence.
Relative to children with no ACEs, children who
experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills,
as well
as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on
adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during
early childhood
as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories,
as well
as achievement gaps and health disparities.
Interventions targeting modifiable risk factors (eg, smoking, inactivity, and poor diet) in adult life have only limited efficacy in preventing age - related disease.3, 4 Because of the increasing recognition that preventable risk exposures in
early life may contribute to pathophysiological processes leading to age - related disease, 5,6 the science of aging has turned to a life - course perspective.7, 8 Capitalizing on this perspective, this study tested the contribution of
adverse psychosocial
experiences in childhood to 3 adult conditions that are known to predict age - related diseases: depression, inflammation, and the clustering of metabolic risk markers, hereinafter referred to
as age - related - disease risks.
Fortunately, it is posited that our psychological profiles are malleable, so intervening with positive contextual factors, such
as more attentive caregiving, can reduce the impact of
early adverse experiences of children (Kreidler & Kurzawa, 2009; Weitzman & Cook, 1986).
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prenatal and postnatal mechanisms by which maternal
adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) predict the
early development of their offspring, specifically via biological (maternal health risk in pregnancy, infant health risk at birth) and psychosocial risk (maternal stress during and after pregnancy,
as well
as hostile behavior in
early infancy).
Yet not all children
experience lasting harm
as a result of
adverse early experiences.
Early - life events related to maternal care in animals
as well
as parental care in humans play a powerful role in later mental and physical health, which was shown by the
adverse childhood
experiences (ACE) studies and recent work noted below.
The ACERT will serve
as a pilot project to inform a broader community response and system targeted to address
adverse childhood
experiences and build public support for investing in prevention and
early intervention.
The
Adverse Childhood
Experiences study Quality
early learning opportunities are linked to outcomes such
as increased employment and income for adults,
as well
as better metabolic and cardiovascular health measures.
• to describe the lives of children in Ireland, in order to establish what is typical and normal
as well
as what is atypical and problematic; • to chart the development of children over time, in order to examine the progress and wellbeing of children at critical periods from birth to adulthood; • to identify the key factors that, independently of others, most help or hinder children's development; • to establish the effects of
early childhood
experiences on later life; • to map dimensions of variation in children's lives; • to identify the persistent
adverse effects that lead to social disadvantage and exclusion, educational difficulties, ill health and deprivation; • to obtain children's views and opinions on their lives; • to provide a bank of data on the whole child; and to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families; • to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families.
The study provides useful information for the identification of potential explanatory mechanisms and we interpret the findings in accordance with the attachment literature, which has consistently identified
adverse experiences with
early caregiving figures
as precursors to later attachment difficulties (for reviews, see [13, 14]-RRB-.
But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that multiple
adverse experiences in
early childhood are linked to depression and physical health problems in kids
as young
as 9 to 15.
Research shows that children who are most likely to be suspended or expelled — children from low - income families, children of color, and children with certain disabilities — are also most likely to benefit from high - quality
early education.10 Children from low - income families and children of color are more likely to
experience multiple
adverse childhood
experiences (ACES), which can manifest
as challenging behaviors that trigger suspensions or expulsions.11 Likewise, young children with language delays or trouble with self - regulation may struggle to verbalize appropriate responses to emotional or physical stimulation, and instead display inappropriate behavior.12 In both cases, appropriate evaluation and intervention services can help children learn important coping and communication skills.
General risk factors for borderline personality disorder include
adverse childhood
experiences such
as childhood abuse and neglect, maladaptive parenting, low socioeconomic status, maternal inconsistency, attachment disorganization, and
early maternal separation before the age of 5 years [24, 25, 26, 27, 28].
We used data from the
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study19 to estimate the strength of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and 5 smoking behaviors: early smoking initiation, smoking initiation as an adult, ever smoking, current smoking, and heavy s
Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACE) Study19 to estimate the strength of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and 5 smoking behaviors: early smoking initiation, smoking initiation as an adult, ever smoking, current smoking, and hea
Experiences (ACE) Study19 to estimate the strength of the relationship between
adverse childhood experiences and 5 smoking behaviors: early smoking initiation, smoking initiation as an adult, ever smoking, current smoking, and heavy s
adverse childhood
experiences and 5 smoking behaviors: early smoking initiation, smoking initiation as an adult, ever smoking, current smoking, and hea
experiences and 5 smoking behaviors:
early smoking initiation, smoking initiation
as an adult, ever smoking, current smoking, and heavy smoking.
Second,
adverse early experiences may compromise later emerging developmental processes that can not be ascertained at very young ages, such
as the profound effects of institutional rearing on executive functioning in middle childhood (25).
Thus, differences in alpha power in middle childhood may reflect perturbed neural development
as a function of
adverse early life
experiences and a violation of the expectable environment for young children across childhood.