2014
DOI: 10.3390/children1030390
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Toxic Stress: Effects, Prevention and Treatment

Abstract: Children who experience early life toxic stress are at risk of long-term adverse health effects that may not manifest until adulthood. This article briefly summarizes the findings in recent studies on toxic stress and childhood adversity following the publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Report on the effects of toxic stress. A review of toxic stress and its effects is described, including factors of vulnerability, resilience, and the relaxation response. An integrative approach to th… Show more

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“…[15] Typically, acute stress promotes an adaptive stress response whereby highly integrated physiological systems dynamically adjust to environmental challenges in order to maintain stability, also known as allostasis. Toxic ELS is defined as prolonged, repetitive, or severe adversity in the absence of a nurturing environment, and include ACEs such as neglect, separation from a nurturing parent, prolonged abuse or bullying, or the psychosocial stressors associated with ACEs that may disrupt the physiological stress response.…”
Section: Adverse Childhood Experiences Are a Form Of Toxic Early Lifementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…[15] Typically, acute stress promotes an adaptive stress response whereby highly integrated physiological systems dynamically adjust to environmental challenges in order to maintain stability, also known as allostasis. Toxic ELS is defined as prolonged, repetitive, or severe adversity in the absence of a nurturing environment, and include ACEs such as neglect, separation from a nurturing parent, prolonged abuse or bullying, or the psychosocial stressors associated with ACEs that may disrupt the physiological stress response.…”
Section: Adverse Childhood Experiences Are a Form Of Toxic Early Lifementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Toxic ELS is defined as prolonged, repetitive, or severe adversity in the absence of a nurturing environment, and include ACEs such as neglect, separation from a nurturing parent, prolonged abuse or bullying, or the psychosocial stressors associated with ACEs that may disrupt the physiological stress response. [15] Typically, acute stress promotes an adaptive stress response whereby highly integrated physiological systems dynamically adjust to environmental challenges in order to maintain stability, also known as allostasis. [16] Toxic stress, on the other hand, increases allostatic load, or the biological result of cumulative stress over time, resulting in physiological dysfunction from this sustained chronic stress response.…”
Section: Adverse Childhood Experiences Are a Form Of Toxic Early Lifementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Children who experience early life toxic stress are at risk of long-term adverse health effects, which might not be manifest until adulthood. These adverse health effects include maladaptive coping skills, poor stress management, unhealthy lifestyles, mental illness, and physical disease (Franke 2014). VAC has important economic and social consequences for nations.…”
Section: Vac In the Displacement Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Značajne su preventivne mere kojima se povećava otpornost deteta prema stresu što predstavlja i pomoć negovatelju. Ublažavanje toksičnog odgovora na stres postiže se i fokusiranjem na stresore negovatelja i poboljšavanjem njegove sposobnosti da obezbedi stabilan, siguran i negujući odnos (19).…”
Section: Skrining Prevencija I Lečenje Toksičnog Stresaunclassified