Study reveals firstborns facing adversity increase mental health risks in siblings, highlighting the importance of early ...

The Childhood Stress study investigated the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)—including abuse, neglect, and household instability—and current household food security status ...

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are specific psychosocial stressors and traumas experienced by children that have been strongly linked with health and wellbeing throughout life. This project ...

Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of five and 18, if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity during their first ...

Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of 5 and 18, if the ...

Their findings, published in Nature Mental Health, suggest that DNA methylation mediates the relationship between adversity and depressive symptoms. "Exposure to childhood adversity, such as abuse ...