In this episode, Dr. Virani and her guests, Dr. Qayyum and Dr. Conrad, focus on the impact of Adverse Child Experience (ACE) and Adverse Early Life Experiences (AELEs) on mental health and provide some insights through case discussions about the downstream impact of these experiences.

Subjects discussed

Inability to trust and build safe relations by victims of early childhood experiences

The effect of trauma on the social determinants of mental health as an adult

Post-traumatic growth

Unpredictable behavior of parents

The power of close good relationships for a victim of ACE.

This episode is the second in a series covering the social determinants of mental health.

Dr. Zheala Qayyum is the Training Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program and the Medical Director of the Emergency Psychiatry Services at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She also serves as an officer in the United States Army reserves medical corps

Dr. Rachel Conrad is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is now director of the Child Psychiatry Track in the BWH/ HMS Psychiatry Residency Program.

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