Roundup
February 1, 2023
First of its kind! A Trauma-Informed Devotional for Lent by Rev. Dr. Chris Haughee
For the trauma-affected, Lent can be a difficult time. Messages around suffering, patience, peace and repentance can easily get jumbled up with how the sins of others have caused us to see ourselves as irredeemable, broken, and shameful.
By Chaplain Chris Haughee, PACEs Connection member
Empathy As A Professional Superpower
Where sympathy says, “How sad for you,” empathy says, “How terrible. I’m right here with you.”
By Shenandoah Chefalo, PACEs Connection member

Wednesday Digest
The Conversation
The New Yorker
The Imprint
NPR
The Nation

Research Corner
Ed. note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a website — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs science. Every month, she posts summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only PACEs. Here are 4 of the 26 that she found for December (part 1). Due to the holidays and PACEs Connection temporary layoffs, we’re a little behind. You can read them all here.
Liu M, Luong L, Lachaud J, Edalati H, Reeves A, Hwang SW.
Adverse childhood experiences and related outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
Lancet Public Health. 2021 Sep 29:S2468-2667(21)00189-4. PMID: 34599894
From a research review, lifetime prevalence of one or more ACEs among homeless adults was 89.8% and the lifetime prevalence of four or more ACEs was 53.9%.  ACEs were consistently positively associated with high suicidality, suicide attempt, major depressive disorder, substance misuse, and adult victimization.
Zarei K, Xu G, Zimmerman B, Giannotti M, Strathearn L.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Common Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Health Conditions among U.S. Children. 
Children (Basel). 2021 Aug 31;8(9):761. PMID: 34572191
From a large national pediatric database, household challenge ACEs (not including child maltreatment) were over 6-9 times more likely to be associated with behavior problems, depression, and substance use disorder.  Increasing learning disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were also associated with increases of these ACEs.
Tracy EL, Tracy CT, Kim JJ, Yang R, Kim E.
Cascading effects of childhood abuse on physical health issues in later adulthood through trait anxiety and poor daily sleep quality. 
J Health Psychol. 2021 Oct;26(12):2342-2348. PMID: 32114830
As part of a US national mid-life study, “Individuals who reported a higher level of childhood abuse reported a higher level of trait anxiety and a lower level of daily sleep quality, leading to an increase in physical health issues. The results highlight the cascading effects of childhood abuse on serious health consequences over the life span.”
Sani F, Herrera M, Bielawska K.
Child maltreatment is linked to difficulties in identifying with social groups as a young adult. 
Br J Dev Psychol. 2020 Oct;38(4):491-496. PMID: 32227369
“Subjective feelings of disconnectedness from social groups have been found to be detrimental to mental health…across the lifespan.” In this study of 396 Spanish young adults, “a greater degree of maltreatment received before the age of 14 is linked to a lower number of social groups one identifies with, even after controlling for current levels of depression, anxiety, and borderline personality.”

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