Discover how influential adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can be on the emergence of serious mental illness (SMI) and how current research on the causal connections between ACEs and SMI could be used to help predict or even prevent the emergence of some SMI in the future.

Educational Objectives:

• Discuss the prevalence of ACEs and SMI in incarcerated patients     
• Describe the causal connections between ACEs and SMI    
• Explain the research showing how the causal connections between ACEs and SMI can be used to predict or prevent the emergence of some SMI

Level: Advanced