2024
Revisiting the use of adverse childhood experience screening in healthcare settings
Danese A, Asmussen K, MacLeod J, Meehan A, Sears J, Slopen N, Smith P, Sweeney A. Revisiting the use of adverse childhood experience screening in healthcare settings. Nature Reviews Psychology 2024, 1-12. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-024-00362-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse childhood experiences screenAdverse childhood experiencesImprove population mental healthMitigate adverse childhood experiencesPoor mental health outcomesPopulation mental healthMental health conditionsMental health decisionsMental health outcomesPublic health effortsDelivery of targeted interventionsModifiable risk factorsHealth outcomesMental illnessHealthcare settingsHealth effortsMental healthHealth decisionsHealth conditionsScreening measuresIntervention selectionImprove current practicesChildhood experiencesRisk factorsIndividual risk
2021
Poor Individual Risk Classification From Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
Meehan AJ, Baldwin JR, Lewis SJ, MacLeod JG, Danese A. Poor Individual Risk Classification From Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2021, 62: 427-432. PMID: 34635382, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse childhood experience scoreAdverse childhood experiencesNegative predictive valuePositive likelihood ratioPredictive valueHealth problemsExperience scoresAdverse childhood experience exposureChildhood experiencesCommon health risk factorsAdverse Childhood Experiences StudyHealth risk factorsPositive predictive valueMental health problemsHigh-risk exposureIndividual risk classificationLikelihood ratioRoutine clinical screeningRisk factorsClinical definitionUnnecessary interventionsHigh riskHealth outcomesClinical screeningRecent longitudinal research