US: The Other ACE (Not the Winning Card) (Opinion)
Crozet Gazette – July 02, 2021
Take a guess: what is a major risk factor for the development of alcoholism and also increases the chances of getting arthritis and cancer? The answer is ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences. For many years there was a “nature vs nurture” debate about which is the most significant determiner of our health and personality, genes or environment? Spoiler alert: it’s both. While much about us is genetically determined, or “pre-wired,” we all know that our life experiences have a large impact on our health and life trajectory. The social and emotional costs of childhood trauma-related mental illness, crime and violence, homelessness, child abuse, lower educational achievement, etc. are much more difficult to measure.
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