School of Medicine’s Jim Spilsbury discusses study on children who have been exposed to trauma

Almost half of U.S. kids suffer traumas; exposure linked to bullying, problems in school as early as age 12
The Plain DealerJim Spilsbury, program director of academic development core at the Center for Clinical Investigation in the School of Medicine, discussed a Case Western Reserve University study on children who have been exposed to “adverse childhood experiences” and the impact it has on them. “It highlights the potentially profound effects that these childhood experiences can have on a whole range of health outcomes throughout the life course,” he said.