{"id":157430,"date":"2023-05-31T21:37:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T21:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=157430"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:30:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:30:28","slug":"adverse-childhood-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/adverse-childhood-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"From Toxic Stress to Healing: Addressing Childhood Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Childhood trauma during our early years could stay with us for the rest of our lives<\/strong>. There is increasing scientific evidence that adverse experiences in early childhood have a profound impact on our physical and mental health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internationally, it has been observed that toxic stress and trauma (suffering from or witnessing violence, as well as living in dysfunctional homes) are associated with an increase in psychiatric illnesses such as anxiety and depression, as well as cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and autoimmune problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different studies have found that children who are exposed to adverse experiences have an increase in the inflammatory response in the presence of hormones associated with stress, such as cortisol, and alterations in the microbiota, among other aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These changes in specific molecules could act as biomarkers that help doctors detect these consequences and propose new treatments and interventions when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For researchers Julieta Rodr\u00edguez de Ita<\/a> and Fabiola Castorena<\/a> at Tec de Monterrey, reducing adverse experiences in early childhood is key to human development and healthy societies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, research on the subject is scarce in Mexico and Latin America, so they founded the Developmental Biology and Childhood Wellbeing research group at the Tec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What motivates us is doing research that leads to a real change in society,” says Rodr\u00edguez de Ita in an interview with TecScience<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strategies to Transform Early Childhood in Mexico and Latin America<\/a><\/blockquote>