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ACE 101: Parental Mental Illness

Stop Abuse Campaign

← ACE 101: Physical Neglect in Childhood. Our parents’ mental illnesses, if left unchecked, can contribute to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). When thinking about how parental mental illness can affect family members, the landmark CDC/Kaiser Permanente study on ACEs defined “mental illness” to include everything from eating disorders and depression to more chronic conditions that completely distort a person’s perception of themselves and reality.

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Vulnerable children deserve better | Letters

The Guardian

Twenty years after the Victoria Climbié report, our social services are still bedevilled by poor practice I felt a mixture of despair and anger on reading your editorial (“ We’ve learned so little from these tragedies ”). Twenty years ago, I was responsible for implementing the recommendations of Lord Laming’s Victoria Climbié report in a large local authority.