Below are two publications related to the implementation of the ACE survey that have immediate implications for clinical practice (diagnosis and treatment):
On Becoming Trauma-Informed: Role of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey in Tertiary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the Association with Standard Measures of Impairment and Severity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798940/
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Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experience Survey Items and Psychiatric Disorders
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175599/
This work and the population study focusing on the relationship between mental disorder and biophysical/medical disorders across the lifespan has led to the formation of an international committee dedicated to the development of a permanent morbidity section within the World Psychiatric Association which includes a focus on ACES. This learning platform will help to disseminate information about ACE and morbidity-related clinical practice as information emerges. An autism-related example is given in Frontiers in Psychiatry:
https://www.frontiersin.org/ar...psyt.2018.00635/full
Background story and links on page five of Mind Matters newsletter:
https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/si...%20Winter%202019.pdf