Adverse Childhood Experiences: What do Psychologists and Psychology do about it?

Dear Colleagues,

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are known to negatively affect those who were subjected to them. There is increased interest by clinicians and  researchers in this topic, since it has been implicated in various emotional, social, and health problems that last into adulthood. These problems may range from anxiety and depression to sexual difficulties, criminality, difficulties with intimate relationships, trust, and self-criticism, with serious physical health consequences. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has kept many families locked down at home together, has been shown to negatively affect the frequency and severity of child abuse, which could increase when there is no school and it is more difficult for child treatment organizations and other adults to notice what children may be going through. Government, communities, and clinicians are trying to identify and address these issues and help adults who were subjected to abuse in their childhood. This Special Issue aims to present research articles and, especially, reviews that indicate trends in the approach to addressing negative childhood experiences and highlight various psychological strategies to treat children subjected to abuse and neglect.

Dr. Ami Rokach
Guest Editor

Ms. Karishma Patel
Associate Guest Editor

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• Child abuse
• child neglect
• physical abuse
• emotional abuse
• medical abuse
• sexual abuse
• resilience
• prevention.