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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health Distress in Adolescents Admitted to a Partial Hospital Program

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Biological Embedding of Early Life Adversity

  • Abby de Steiguer
    Bradley Hospital
  • Daniella Gelman
    Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  • Molly Hedrick
    Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Abstract

Understanding the relation between trauma and mental health is key in treatment settings. This study shows that ACEs are associated with worse mental health distress at admission to an adolescent partial hospital program, but are not significantly associated with change in mental health distress from admission to discharge.

Adolescent