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== Adverse Childhood Experiences == Childhood experiences, both positive and negative ones, have been found to have a wide variety of impacts on a person's life and their future, including effects on their health and risk of violence as adults.<ref name="aces-about">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/aboutace.html | title = About Adverse Childhood Experiences {{!}} Violence Prevention {{!}} Injury Center | last=CDC | first = | authorlink = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | date = 2019-02-05 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] refers to the negative experiences of children as ''Adverse Childhood Experiences'' (ACEs), a term that includes a range of different negative experiences, e.g. parents divorcing, having a parent imprisoned, emotional neglect, and physical or sexual abuse,<ref name="aces">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy | title = Adverse Childhood Experiences {{!}} Violence Prevention {{!}} Injury Center | last=CDC | first = | authorlink = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | date = 2019-02-07 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> ACEs are regarded as a way to measure '''cumulative childhood stress''' rather than only trauma or abuse.<ref name="aces-about" /> The CDC and other researchers has carried out extensive research into Adverse Childhood Experiences, finding that they are linked to risky health behaviors (e.g., smoking), the development of many [[Chronic illness|chronic illnesses]] and long-term health conditions (e.g., diabetes, stroke, and depression), a lower life potential (e.g. academic achievements), and even early death.<ref name="aces-about" /> === ACEs are common === The original ACE study collected data on over 17,000 adults, and found that two-thirds of people had experienced one or more a adverse childhood experience, and 20% of people had experienced three or more ACEs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/about.html | title = About the CDC-Kaiser ACE Study | last =CDC | first = | authorlink = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | date = 2019-02-05 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> This shows that ACEs are significantly more common than [[ME/CFS]]. ===ACEs and ME/CFS === The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] developed both the original Adverse Childhood Experiences research and the [[Fukuda criteria]] for [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS), but has not analyzed the influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME) or chronic fatigue syndrome. Heins et al. (2011)<ref name="Heins2011" /> conducted a study of childhood trauma history, fatigue and overall physical health in 216 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome at a specialist referral center, and reported: {{Quote frame|text=At baseline, patients with a history of childhood maltreatment had significantly more limitations and a higher level of psychological distress, but were not more severely fatigued. Change scores on the outcome measures after cognitive behavior therapy did not differ significantly between patients with or without a history of childhood maltreatment, or between the different types of childhood maltreatment. | author = Heins et al. (2011) | title = |source=|align=}}
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