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The speaker is a pediatrician who explains how childhood trauma, or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), can affect the health and well-being of children and adults. She cites a study that shows a strong correlation between ACEs and chronic diseases, mental illness, and substance abuse. She also describes how ACEs can alter the brain and body's stress response system, leading to maladaptive or health-damaging behaviors. She argues that ACEs are a public health crisis that requires a multidisciplinary approach to prevention, screening, and treatment. She urges the audience to recognize the prevalence and impact of ACEs and to join the movement to address this issue.
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1. The CDC and Kaiser Permanente discovered an exposure that increased the risk for 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the US: childhood trauma.
2. Childhood trauma affects brain development, the immune system, hormonal systems and even the way DNA is read and transcribed.
3. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study measured the exposure to childhood trauma and correlated it with health outcomes.
4. The higher the ACE score, the worse the health outcomes, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, suicidality, lung cancer and heart disease.
5. Exposure to early adversity activates the stress response system repeatedly, which can be maladaptive and health damaging.
6. The Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco was created to prevent, screen and heal the impacts of ACEs and toxic stress.
7. Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing the US today, according to Dr. Robert Block.
8. Early adversity dramatically affects health across a lifetime, but it is treatable and beatable with the right framework and toolkit.