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March 18-19, 2019 | London, UK
6
th
World Congress on
Anxiety, Depression and Stress Management
Journal Clinical Psychiatry and Cognitive Psychology | Volume 3
Addressing adverse childhood experiences with a unique approach
Jerry Sparby
ACIM (Academy of Complementary and Integrative Medicine), USA
Statement of Problem:
Children pass through developmental
periods on their journey from infancy to adulthood. During
these stages, huge changes physically and neurologically occur
within their brains’. Admittedly, environmental-relational
circumstances and interactions have a deep influence on how
children (all of us) development through these phases.
The immediate and long-term effects of children’s exposure to
maltreatment, inept parenting strategies, anxiety and chronic
stress during the pregnancy, traumatic experiences of parent as
well as child’s during the delivery are multifaceted.
Emotional abuse and neglect, and physical abuse, as well as
erratic and unpredictable behavior of parent(s) can interfere
with the development of a secure attachment to caregiver(s).
This affects the child’s regulation, the child’s health.
Complex trauma exposure regularly results in a loss of capacities
for interpersonal relatedness. Children exposed to complex
trauma often experience lifelong problems placing them at risk
for additional trauma exposure and cumulative impairment
(e.g., psychiatric and addictive disorders; chronic medical
illness; legal, and family problems). These problems may extend
from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood (van
der Kolk,).
In the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study by Kaiser
Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
it was demonstrated that adverse childhood experiences are
more common than believed. The ACE’s impact adult health.
The study found a highly significant relationship between
adverse childhood experiences and depression, suicide
attempts, alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, domestic
violence, cigarette smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, sexually
transmitted diseases. In effect, every medical problem seen in
adults.
This presentation will discuss strategies and review protocols to
address the (ACEs) adverse childhoodexperiences. Theprogram
developed and used over the past 7 years has shown marked
improvement in the children and families medical, social and
emotional well-being.
e:
jerrysparby@gmail.com