OCTY2209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Expressive Therapy, Bibliotherapy, Tute
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OCTY2209
WEEK 9 lecture – adverse childhood experiences and their relationships to adult health and
wellbeing
Adverse childhood experiences – “many things we see in adult medicine are the result of what was
present but not seen in childhood”
“Many chronic diseases in adults are determined decades earlier in childhood”
ACE questions Abuse
▪ physical, emotional and sexual
Household dysfunction
▪ alcoholic parent
▪ mentally ill parent
▪ mother treated violently
▪ imprisoned parent
Emotional and physical neglect Adverse childhood experiences have a strong influence on
▪ adolescent health ▪
illicit drug abuse
▪ teen pregnancy ▪
sexual behaviour
▪ smoking ▪ mental health
▪ alcohol abuse ▪ stability of relationships
ACE Increase risk of
▪ heart disease ▪ injuries
▪ chronic lung disease ▪ HIV & STD
▪ liver disease suicide
Adult attachment theory
Positive
A. Secure
C. Preoccupied
Perception of sel
f/ anxiety
Negative
D. Dismissing
B. Fearful
Perception of others/
Avoidance
What do we do with this information?
Positive
Negative
Document Summary
Week 9 lecture adverse childhood experiences and their relationships to adult health and wellbeing. Adverse childhood experiences (cid:498)many things we see in adult medicine are the result of what was present but not seen in childhood(cid:499) (cid:498)many chronic diseases in adults are determined decades earlier in childhood(cid:499) Ace questions abuse: physical, emotional and sexual. Household dysfunction: alcoholic parent, mentally ill parent, mother treated violently imprisoned parent. Emotional and physical neglect adverse childhood experiences have a strong influence on: adolescent health illicit drug abuse teen pregnancy sexual behaviour. Negative smoking mental health: alcohol abuse stability of relationships. Ace increase risk of: heart disease injuries chronic lung disease . 1: acknowledge that the problem exists, routines recognition of cases in practice, ask how it has affected them, understand existing systems which can help for prevention or early intervention, make time to talk about aces with people.
