Childhood Stress Can Make You Ill as an Adult

Could this be what's really making you sick? It's linked to heart disease, mental illness, dementia, nicotine and alcohol addiction - and that's just the beginning.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Prolonged stress can have life-threatening consequences not only for adults but also for children. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can predispose them to any number of health problems later in life

• In 2020, California is allocating $105 million to promote screening for ACEs, which have been shown to trigger toxic stress responses an…