YouTube video "Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Health" (Robert Whitfield MD, uploaded Feb 8, 2025). The provided chunk is a transcript excerpt that reproduces ACEs-style survey questions asking about emotional neglect, household dysfunction (substance use, mental illness, incarceration), parental separation/divorce, and physical abuse of a mother/stepmother. The content appears to present the standard screening items used to identify childhood adversities that may impact later health.
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Did you often or very often feel that no one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? Did you often or very often feel that your family didn't look out for one another, feel close to one another, or support one another? Did you often or very often feel that you didn't have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, or had no one to protect you? Did you often or very often feel that your parents were too drunk or high to take care of you or take you to the doctor if you needed it? Were your parents ever separated or divorced? Was your mother or stepmother sometimes, often or very often pushed, grabbed or slapped or had something thrown at her? Was your mother or stepmother sometimes, often or very often kicked, bitten, hit with a fist or hit with something hard? Was your mother or stepmother sometimes, often or very often, repeatedly, hit over at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife? Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic or who used street drugs? Was a household member depressed or mentally ill, or did a household member attempt suicide? Did a household member go to prison.
