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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study showed that for 17,337 patients, childhood trauma correlated to serious adult medical conditions. “Contrary to conventional belief," says co-Director Vincent Felitti, MD, "time does not heal all wounds, since humans convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”
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No Shame in a Broken Brain
#3 in the news blog series – Original post on ACEsConnection, September 19, 2013 “There’s no shame when any other organ in your body fails – so why do we feel shame if our brain is broken?” This was one … Continue reading
