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Children and Young People’s Mental Health Adverse Childhood Experiences

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Adverse Childhood Experiences ‘You Keep Talking We keep Dying’ Social Justice Resilience and Resistance Sally Amor Child Health Commissioner/Public Health Specialist.

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Children and Young People’s Mental Health Adverse Childhood Experiences

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  1. Children and Young People’s Mental Health Adverse Childhood Experiences ‘You Keep Talking We keep Dying’ Social Justice Resilience and Resistance Sally Amor Child Health Commissioner/Public Health Specialist

  2. Resilience comes from an ability to biologically and psychologically adapt to stress

  3. 10x 5.8x more likely to develop problematic drug use more likely to develop problematic alcohol use 6.1x 14x 15x more likely to receive treatment for mental illness more likely to be a victim of violence More likely to be a perpetrator of violence

  4. ‘Experience of adversity and trauma in childhood does not mean you will become a drug addict but I have yet to meet a drug addict who does not have experience of trauma’ Gabor Mate 2019

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