Adverse Childhood Experiences in Youth: Trauma-Informed Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management

Adverse childhood experiences are a significant public health problem associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Because primary care nurse practitioners frequently the first point contact for children adolescents through routine well visits preventive care, it is critical that trauma-informed principles used in pediatric settings. Primary should be familiar trauma-related differential diagnoses both nonpharmacologic pharmacologic management.