Posts Tagged ‘childhood trauma’
Why Treating ACEs Helps With Addiction Recovery
Treating ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) can go a long, long way to helping a person with addiction (aka, with a substance use disorder) succeed in long-term recovery. Why? Because of the role ACEs play in changing a child’s brain wiring and mapping, making that child’s brain more susceptible to the key risk factors for developing a…
Read MoreWhen Mommy or Daddy Is the Problem – Alcohol Misuse | Secondhand Drinking
When mommy or daddy is the problem, a child can experience childhood trauma, aka Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). And the problem I’m talking about is a parent’s alcohol misuse or the other parent’s coping with their drinking behaviors. In other words, a parent whose drinking (alcohol misuse) changes their behaviors and/or a parent experiencing secondhand drinking — the…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking – a Breeding Ground for ACEs
Secondhand Drinking can be a breeding ground for ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). Why? ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences – Explained The concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) was first introduced in the findings of the ACEs Study — a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego.…
Read MoreChildhood Trauma — The Invisible Type
Childhood trauma – the invisible type – is something we need to better understand given childhood trauma is one of the five key risk factors for developing an addiction. Please find the following guest post from Art Smukler, MD: Hello Everyone, It’s a pleasure to be back on Lisa Frederiksen‘s wonderful blogsite. Since Childhood Trauma…
Read MoreThe Importance of Treating Mental Illness
The importance of treating mental illness cannot be understated – not only to relieve the symptoms of the mental illness, itself, but to thwart its role as one of the five key risk factors for abusing substances and/or developing an addiction. This program, “Los Angeles Patches Together Mental Health Care for Juvenile Offenders,“ on KQED’s…
Read MoreThe Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
Astounding findings about the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) on brain development are now available. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – Childhood Trauma If you’ve been following my blog or my books, you will have repeatedly read that one of the key risk factors for developing a substance abuse problem and/or addiction is childhood trauma.…
Read MoreNew Research Findings on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Brain Development
The connection between adverse childhood experiences and brain development and of that connection on a person developing a substance misuse problem is the result of brain research of the past 10-15 years. Jane Stevens reported in her article, “Traumatic Childhood Takes 20 Years Off Life Expectancy,” published today by Lawrence Journal World and News, the…
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