ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2016
The Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Diabetes.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Metabolic markers in bipolar disorder with childhood trauma exposure: a systematic review.CNS spectrums · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of associations between childhood adversity and hippocampus and amygdala volume in non-clinical and general population samples.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2017Pooled it
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- Unseen wounds of childhood: Emotional abuse, neglect, and later diabetes vulnerability in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Associations of childhood exposure to interparental physical violence and verbal conflict with the risk of adult-onset diabetes.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Gender, age, and socioeconomic position-specific associations between illness perception and diabetes-related distress: cross-sectional analysis among people with type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Living with what is lost: reframing emotional life with diabetes through an integrative perspective on loss and grief.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2026Article
- Comprehensive trauma-informed organizational change at an academic medical center in South Texas.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Childhood Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease; Current Knowledge and Future Directions.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- Differential microRNAs and metabolites in the breast milk of mothers with adverse childhood experiences.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Family History of Diabetes: Neighborhood and Familial Risks in African American Youth Living in Public Housing.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Explaining the Self-Care Behaviors in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Based on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Subjective Socioeconomic Status, and Mindfulness in Isfahan, Iran.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Association of Early-life Trauma With Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- ACE Enquiry in Primary care: A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspective of General Practitioners in Northern Ireland.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Diabetes-related distress and psychological burden in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes - the role of child maltreatment, personality functioning, and epistemic trust: findings from a German clinical inpatient sample.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as Important Risk Factors for Gestational Metabolic Dysfunction.American journal of perinatology · 2024Review
- Trends in prevalence of adverse childhood experiences by sociodemographic factors in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2009-2022.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Contextualizing risk, pathways, and solutions for the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and type 2 diabetes among inner-city African Americans: A qualitative analysis and development of a theoretical framework.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Trauma-Informed Care Interventions Used in Pediatric Inpatient or Residential Treatment Mental Health Settings and Strategies to Implement Them: A Scoping Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Article
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Abstract
Exposure to adversity in childhood (adverse childhood experiences [ACEs]) is linked to a number of chronic diseases in adulthood, yet there is limited research examining the impact of ACEs on diabetes. The current review sought to examine the association between ACEs, other trauma exposure or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, and risk for diabetes. Thirty-eight studies are reviewed. Unlike in other diseases, several studies in diabetes show a threshold-response versus a dose-response relation, while other studies show a relation between greater abuse severity and diabetes risk. There were mixed results for studies examining abuse type and frequency. Chronic or comorbid PTSD was also related to increased diabetes risk among veterans, but in community samples, only trauma exposure predicted diabetes risk. While the research is still limited, diabetes researchers and clinicians should consider screening for ACEs and examine severity and frequency across abuse type as a predictor of both diabetes and poor diabetes outcomes.
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