Child and Youth Care: Exploring the Effects of ACEs and Solutions

This report examines the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on an individual's mental health, focusing on the case of Chantelle. It explores how ACEs, such as childhood trauma, can lead to adult mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. The report analyzes Chantelle's specific challenges and the potential sources of support, including counseling and family assistance. It emphasizes the importance of appropriate treatment to help individuals overcome the adverse effects of their childhood experiences and achieve a healthy lifestyle. The conclusion highlights the need for comprehensive treatment and support systems to help individuals like Chantelle lead fulfilling lives. The report references relevant research on ACEs and their impact on health outcomes.

CHILD AND YOUTH CARE
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:

Adverse childhood
Experience
 Abuse
 Emotional stress
 Sexual stress
 Physical assault
 Emotional assault
 Witnessing mother treated violently
 Parental mental illness
 Household dysfunction
 Household substance abuse
 Not being raised by biological parents

 Chantelle is facing some adverse
childhood experience like
 Depression
 Lack of family support
 stress

Impacts of High ACE score
 Adult Alcoholism
 Liver disease
 Smoking

Adult alcoholism

Mental condition
 Generalized anxiety disorder is the
disease that she is suffering from it is
because of the stress and the other
violence's that she has been suffering
right from her childhood days till her
adult life as well.

Four Adult Behavior
 Stress
 Depression
 Addiction
 Liver disease

Chantelle’s behavior as an adult
 As an adult she has been suffering
from
 Anxiety disorders and also from
stress syndrome.

Chantelle’s strength
 Her power of setting right goals and
reaching out for support at the right
time

Source of support
 Her source of support is a good
counseling expert who will be able to
help her get through this harsh
situation
Apart from this, her sister and brother
in law can also turn out t be good
support who raised money for her.

Conclusion
 Therefore it an be concluded that
Chantele must be sent to a proper
treatment procedure so that she is
able to deal with these issues so that
she gets back to normal life once
again. She hopes to get a good
education and also give a good
healthy lifestyle to her daughter. A
thorough treatment is needed for this
purpose

Refernces
 Campbell, J. A., Walker, R. J., & Egede, L. E.
(2016). Associations between adverse
childhood experiences, high-risk behaviors,
and morbidity in adulthood. American journal
of preventive medicine, 50(3), 344-352.
 Perez, N. M., Jennings, W. G., Piquero, A. R., &
Baglivio, M. T. (2016). Adverse childhood
experiences and suicide attempts: The
mediating influence of personality
development and problem behaviors. Journal
of youth and adolescence, 45(8), 1527-1545.