Potential Points of Intervention to Minimize the Impact of Parents' Adverse Childhood Experiences on Child Mental Health.
Gretchen J R BuchananAllan D TateAndrew BarnesAmanda C TrofholzJerica M BergePublished in: Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP (2022)
Parents with high ACEs but who have good mental health and positive parenting behaviors demonstrated no impact of their ACEs on their children's mental health. Providing MH care to parents and parenting programs may be strategies for improving children's MH. Parenting behavior assessment is recommended for clinicians when pediatric patients present with MH concerns.