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ACE Study Publications

September, 2010

Dear Colleague: Below is a list of publications from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, plus pending
articles. We have begun analysis in the prospective arm of the Study, which will show the biomedical, emotional, and
economic consequences in medical care of abusive childhood experiences, on average a half-century earlier. A book for
general readership is planned. You may track future publications or read abstracts by using the free National Library of
Medicine web site, Pub Med, at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi and entering Anda or Felitti under
‘author name’. Using Google Scholar also works very well. Information of interest may be found at the web sites
www.acestudy.org and at the CDC web site: http://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/ACE/ At the latter site, abstracts may be
read by clicking on titles.
Vincent J. Felitti, MD
VJFMDSDCA@mac.com

Published

1. Felitti VJ, Anda RF, Nordenberg D, Williamson DF, Spitz AM, Edwards V, Koss MP, et al.
The relationship of adult health status to childhood abuse and household dysfunction. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1998; 14:245-258.

2. Whitfield CL. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma. American Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 1998; 14:361-363.

3. Foege WH. Adverse childhood experiences: A public health perspective (editorial). American
Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1998; 14:354-355.

4. Weiss JS, Wagner SH. What explains the negative consequences of adverse childhood
experiences on adult health? Insights from cognitive and neuroscience research (editorial).
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1998; 14:356-360.

5. Anda RF, Croft JB, Felitti VJ, Nordenberg D, Giles WH, Williamson DF, Giovino GA.
Adverse childhood experiences and smoking during adolescence and adulthood. Journal of the
American Medical Association. 1999; 282:1652-1658.

6. Dietz PM, Spitz AM, Anda RF, Williamson DF, McMahon PM, Santelli JS, Nordenberg DF,
Felitti VJ, Kendrick JS. Unintended pregnancy among adult women exposed to abuse or
household dysfunction during their childhood. Journal of the American Medical Association.
1999; 282:1359-1364.

7. Hillis SD, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Nordenberg D, Marchbanks PA. Adverse childhood experiences
and sexually transmitted diseases in men and women: a retrospective study. Pediatrics 2000;
106(1):E11.

8. Hillis SD, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Marchbanks PA. Adverse childhood experiences and sexual risk
behaviors in women: a retrospective cohort study. Family Planning Perspectives. 2001; 33:206-
211.

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9. Edwards VJ, Anda RF, Nordenberg DF, Felitti VJ, Williamson DF, Howard N, & Wright JA.
An investigation of response rate bias in an epidemiological study of child abuse. Child Abuse
& Neglect. 2001; 25:307-312.

10. Felitti VJ. Reverse Alchemy in Childhood: Turning Gold into Lead. Health Alert 2001; 8: 1-4.

11. Edwards VJ, Fivush R, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, and Nordenberg DF. Autobiographical memory
disturbances in childhood abuse survivors. In J.J. Freyd and A.P. DePrince (Eds.) Trauma and
Cognitive Science: A meeting of minds, science, and human experience. Binghamton, NY:
Haworth Press. Also published in Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma (2001).

12. Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Chapman DP, Croft JB, et al. Abused boys, battered mothers, and male
involvement in teen pregnancy: New insights for pediatricians. Pediatrics 2001; 107: e19.

13. Dube SR, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Croft JB, Edwards VJ, Giles WH. Growing up with Parental
alcohol abuse: Exposure to Childhood Abuse, Neglect and Household Dysfunction. Child
Abuse and Neglect. 2001; 25:1627-1640.

14. Dube SR, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Chapman D, Williamson DF, Giles WH. Childhood abuse,
household dysfunction and the risk of attempted suicide throughout the life span: Findings from
the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2001;
286:3089-3096.

15. Dube SR, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Edwards VJ, Williamson DF. Exposure to abuse, neglect and
household dysfunction among adults who witnessed intimate partner violence as children.
Violence and Victims. 2002; 17:3-17.
16. Felitti VJ. The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and adult health: Turning
gold into lead. The Permanente Journal. 2002; 6:44-47.

17. Dube SR, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Edwards VJ, Croft JB. (2002). Adverse Childhood
Experiences and personal alcohol abuse as an adult. Addictive Behaviors. 2002; 27:713-725.

18. Williamson DF, Thompson TJ, Anda RF, Dietz WH, Felitti VJ. Adult Body Weight,
Obesity, and Self-Reported Abuse in Childhood. International Journal of Obesity. 2002; 26:
1075–1082.

19. Anda RF, Chapman DP, Felitti VJ, Edward VE, Williamson DF, Croft JP, Giles WH. Adverse
Childhood Experiences and Risk of Paternity in Teen Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology
2002; 100:37-45.

20. Anda RF, Whitfield CL, Felitti VJ, Chapman D, Edwards VJ, Dube SR, Williamson DF.
Alcohol-impaired parents and adverse childhood experiences: the risk of depression and
alcoholism during adulthood. Journal of Psychiatric Services 2002; 53:1001-1009.

21. Felitti VJ. Belastungen in der Kindheit und Gesundheit im Erwachsenenalter: die Verwandlung
von Gold in Blei. Z psychsom Med Psychother. 2002; 48:359-369.

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22. Dube SR, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Chapman DP, Giles WH. Childhood Abuse, Neglect, and
Household Dysfunction and the Risk of Illicit Drug Use: The Adverse Childhood
Experiences Study. Pediatrics 2003; 111:564-572.

23. Whitfield CL, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ. Violent Childhood Experiences and the Risk of
Intimate Partner Violence in Adults: Assessment in a Large Health Maintenance Organization.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2003; 18:166-185.

24. Dong M, Anda RF, Dube SR, Giles WH, Felitti VJ. The Relationship of Exposure to Childhood
Sexual Abuse to Other Forms of Abuse, Neglect, and Household Dysfunction during Childhood.
Child Abuse and Neglect 2003; 27:625-639.

25. Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Dong M, Giles WH, Anda RF. The Impact of Adverse Childhood
Experiences on Health Problems: Evidence from Four Birth Cohorts Dating Back to 1900.
Preventive Medicine. 2003; 37: 268-77.

26. Edwards VJ, Holden GW, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. Relationship between multiple forms of
childhood maltreatment and adult mental health in community respondents: results from the
adverse childhood experiences study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2003; 160: 1453-60.

27. Dong M, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Giles WH, Anda RF. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Self-
reported Liver Disease: New Insights into a Causal Pathway. Archives of Internal
Medicine, 2003; 163:1949-1956.

28. Felitti VJ. Ursprünge des Suchtverhaltens – Evidenzen aus einer Studie zu belastenden
Kindheitserfahrungen. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 2003; 52:547-559.

29. Edwards, VJ, Anda, RF, Felitti, VJ, & Dube, SR. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health-
Related Quality of Life as an Adult. in K. Kendall-Tackett (ed.) (2003). Health Consequences
of Abuse in the Family. Washington, DC. American Psychological Association.

30. Hillis SD, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Marchbanks PA, Marks JS. The Association Between
Adolescent Pregnancy, Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes, and Fetal Death. Pediatrics. 2004;
113:320-7.

31. Anda RF, Fleisher VI, Felitti VJ, Edwards VJ, Whitfield CL, Dube SR, Williamson DF.
Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction and Indicators of Impaired Worker Performance
in Adulthood. The Permanente Journal. 2004; 8:30-38.

32. Dong M, Anda R, Felitti V, Williamson D, Dube S, Giles W. Impact of residential mobility
during childhood on health in adults: The hidden role in Adverse Childhood Experiences. Am J
Epidemiol. 2004; 159:S80.

33. Dong M, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Giles WH, Anda RF Adverse Childhood Experiences and Self-
reported Liver Disease: New Insights into a Causal Pathway. Arch Intern Med. 2004; 164(4):
author reply 460-1.

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34. Dube SR, Williamson DF, Thompson T, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. Assessing the Reliability of
Retrospective Reports of Adverse Childhood Experiences among Adult HMO Members
Attending a Primary Care Clinic. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2004; 28:729-737.

35. Dong M, Anda RF, Felitti, VJ, Dube SR, Williamson DF, Thompson TJ, Loo CM. Giles WH.
The Interrelatedness of Multiple Forms of Childhood Abuse, Neglect, and Household
Dysfunction. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2004; 28(7), 771-784.

36. Dong M, Giles WH, Felitti VJ, Dube, SR, Williams JE, Chapman DP, Anda RF. Insights into
causal pathways for ischemic heart disease: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. Circulation.
2004; 110:1761-1766.

37. Chapman DP, Whitfield CL, Felitti VJ, Dube SR, Edwards J, Anda RF. Adverse Childhood
Experiences and the Risk of Depressive Disorders in Adulthood. J of Affective Disorders.
2004; 82: 217-225.

38. Edwards VJ, Anda RF, Dube SR, Dong M, Chapman DF, Felitti VJ. The wide-ranging health
consequences of adverse childhood experiences. Chapter 8 in: K Kendall-Tackett and S
Giacomoni, eds. Victimization of Children and Youth: Patterns of Abuse, Response Strategies.
Kingston, NJ; Civic Research Institute. 2005.

39. Dube SR, Anda RF, Whitfield, CL, Brown DW, Felitti VJ, Dong M, Giles WH. Long-Term
Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Gender of Victim. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine. 2005; 28: 430-438.

40. Whitfield CL, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Subsequent
Hallucinations. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2005; 29(7) 797-810.

41. Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Walker J, Whitfield, CL, Bremner JD, Perry BD, Dube SR, Giles WH.
The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences in Childhood: A Convergence
of Evidence from Neurobiology and Epidemiology. European Archives of Psychiatry and
Clinical Neuroscience. 2006; 256:174-86 (E-pub: 2005; Nov 29).

42. Dong M, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Williamson DF, Dube SR, Brown DW, Giles WH. Childhood
residential mobility and multiple health risks during adolescence and adulthood: the hidden role
of adverse childhood experiences. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2005;
159(12): 1104-10.

43. The Adverse Childhood Experiences CDC website.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ACE/index.htm

44. Brown DW, Young KE, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Giles WH. Asthma and the Risk of Lung Cancer.
Findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. Cancer, Causes, Control.
2006; 17(3): 349-50.

45. Dube SR, Miller JW, Brown DW, Giles WH, Felitti VJ, Dong M, Anda RF. Adverse Childhood
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Experiences and the Association with Ever Using Alcohol and Initiating Alcohol Use During
Adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006; 38(4):444.e1-444.e10.

46. Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Brown DW, Chapman D, Dong M, Dube SR, Edwards VJ, Giles WH.
(2006) Insights into Intimate Partner Violence from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Study. In PR Salber and E Taliaferro, eds. The Physician's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence
and Abuse, Volcano, CA: Volcano Press; 2006.

47. Edwards VJ, Anda RF, Gu D, Dube SR, Felitti VJ. Adverse childhood experiences and
smoking persistence in adults with smoking-related symptoms and illness. The Permanente
Journal 2007; 11: 5-13.

48. Brown DW, Anda RF, Felitti VJ. Self-Reported Information and Pharmacy Claims Were
Comparable for Lipid-Lowering Medication Exposure. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007; 60: 525–529.

49. Anda RF, Brown DW, Felitti VJ, Bremner JD, Dube SR, Giles WH. Adverse Childhood
Experiences and Rates of Prescribed Psychotropic Medications in Adulthood. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2007; 32(5): 389–394.

50. Felitti VJ, Fink PJ, Fishkin RE, Anda RF. Epidemiologic Support of Psychoanalytic Concepts:
Evidence from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study of Childhood Trauma and
Violence. Trauma und Gewalt, 2007; 2: 18-32.

51. Chapman DP, Dube SR, Anda RF. Adverse childhood events as risk factors for negative
mental health outcomes. Psych Annals. 2007; 37(5): 359-364.

52. Edwards VJ, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. It's OK to ask about past abuse. Am Psychol.
2007; 62: 327-8; discussion 330-332.

53. Brown DW, Anda RF, Edwards VJ, Felitti VJ, Dube SR, Giles WH. Adverse childhood
experiences and childhood autobiographical memory disturbance. Child Abuse Negl. 2007; 31:
961-9.

54. Brown DW, Anda RF, Felitti VJ. Self-Reported Information and Pharmacy Claims Were
Comparable for Lipid-Lowering Medication Exposure. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007; 60: 525–529.

55. Anda RF, Brown DW. Root Causes and organic budgeting: funding health from conception to
the grave. Ped. Health 2007; 1:141-143.

56. Anda RF, Brown DW, Dube SR, Bremner JD, Felitti VJ, Giles WH. Adverse Childhood
Experiences and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Adults. Am J Prev Med. 2008; 34:
396-403.

57. Anda RF, Brown DW, Felitti VJ, Dube SR, Giles WH. Adverse Childhood Experiences and
Prescription Drug Use in a Cohort Study of Adult HMO Patients. BMC Public Health. 2008; 8:
198.

58. Corso, PS, Edwards, VJ, Fang, X, Mercy, JA. Health-related quality of life among adults who

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experienced maltreatment during childhood. Am J Public Health. 2008; 98:1094-1100.

59. Brown DW, Anda RF, Edwards VJ, Felitti VJ, Dube SR, Giles WH. Adverse childhood
experiences and childhood autobiographical memory disturbance. Child Abuse Negl 2008; 3:
961-9.

60. Read J, Fink PJ, Rudegeair T, Felitti VJ, Whitfield CL. Child Maltreatment and Psychosis: A
Return to a Genuinely Integrated Bio-Psycho-Social Model. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related
Psychoses. 2008; 2: 235-254.
http://clinicalschizophrenia.metapress.com/content/148057m258735177/?p=78ec709d5b334f81
80f12679838c665c&pi=4

61. Robinson R, Davis J, Krueger M, Gore K, Freed M, Kuesters P, Dube S, Engel C. Acceptability
of Adverse Childhood Experiences Questions for Health Surveillance in U.S. Armed Forces. Military
Medicine, 2008; 173: 853-859.

62. Felitti V. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health (Editorial). Academic Pediatrics,
2009; 9: 131-132.

63. Anda RF, Dong M, Brown DW, Felitti VJ, Giles WH, Perry GS, Edwards VJ, Dube SR. The
relationship of adverse childhood experiences to a history of premature death of family
members. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:106.

64. Dube SR, Fairweather D, Pearson WS, Felitti VJ, Anda RF, Croft JB. Cumulative childhood
stress and autoimmune disease. Psychosomatic Med. 2009; 71: 243-250.

65. Brown DW, Anda RA, Tiemeier H, Felitti VJ, Edwards VJ, Croft JB, Giles WH. Adverse
Childhood Experiences and the Risk of Premature Mortality. Am J Prev Med. 2009; 37: 389-
396.

66. Brown DW, Anda RA, Felitti VJ, Edwards VJ, Malarcher AM, Croft JB, Giles WH. Adverse
childhood experiences are associated with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study.
BMC Public Health 2010; 10: 20-32. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/20.

67. Felitti VJ, Anda RF. The Relationship of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Adult Health,
Well-being, Social Function, and Health Care. Chapter 8 in The Effects of Early Life Trauma on
Health and Disease: the Hidden Epidemic; Editors: Lanius R, Vermetten E, Pain C. Cambridge
University Press. 2010

68. Hillis SD, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Marchbanks PA, Macaluso M, Marks JS. The
Protective Effect of Family Strengths in Childhood against Adolescent Pregnancy and Its Long-
Term Psychosocial Consequences. Permanente Journal 2010; 14: 18-27.

69. Anda RF, MS, Tietjen G, Schulman E, Felitti VJ, Croft J. Adverse Childhood Experiences and
Frequent Headaches in Adults. Headache 2010; 50: 1473-1481.

70. Anda RF, Butchart A, Felitti VJ, Brown DW. Building a Framework for Global
Surveillance of the Public Health Implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
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Am J Prev Med 2010; 39: 93–98.

Pending Publication

1. Chapman DP, Dube SR, Anda RF. Adverse childhood events as risk factors for negative mental
health outcomes. Psych Annals (In press)

2. Edwards VJ, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. Response to Becker-Blease and Freyd: Research
Participants Telling the Truth About their Lives. American Psychologist (In press)

Submitted/Under Review/Revise-Resubmit
1. Hillis SD, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Marchbanks PA, Macaluso M, Marks JS. The
Association Between Childhood Family Strengths and Adolescent Pregnancy and Long-Term
Psychosocial Consequences. American Journal of Preventive Medicine (under review)

2. Dong M, Anda RF, Felitti VJ, Giles WH, Brown DW, Perry GS, Edwards VJ, Dube SR.
Premature Death of Family Member in the Light of Childhood Abuse, Neglect, and Family
Dysfunction: Findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. American Journal of
Public Health (submitted).

3. Anda RF, Brown DW, Dube SR, Bremner JD, Felitti VJ, Giles WH. The Relationship of
Adverse Childhood Experiences to the Prevalence, Incidence of Hospitalization, and Rates of
Prescription Drug Use of Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Cohort of Adults. Accepted:
American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In Clearance
1. Edwards VJ, Holden GW, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ. Relations between family
dysfunction, corporal punishment, and negative health effects in adulthood.

2. Edwards VJ, Freyd JJ, Dube SR, Anda RF, Felitti VJ. Health outcomes by closeness of
sexual abuse perpetrator: A test of Betrayal Trauma Theory.

3. Dhingra SS., Dube SR, Edwards VJ, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. Adult Psychosocial Functioning:
Mediators between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health-Related Quality of Life.

Documentary Videos

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Cavalcade Productions in Nevada City, California has produced three documentary videos about the
ACE Study, along with a Training Manual. They are for sale and described at their web site,
www.cavalcadeproductions.com

DVD/CD of ACE Study presentation

A high quality DVD of a detailed ACE Study presentation, with downloadable slides on
accompanying CD, has been prepared by Safe and Healthy Families in Salt Lake City under a
federal grant, and is available free, paying $10 for shipping and handling costs. Call them in Utah
at 801-265-3180. This same one and one-half hour presentation is also available for free viewing
on the Internet at the web site: <rtsp://server.avahealth.org/qtmedia/ACE_Talk-VinceFelittiMD.mov>.
Other presentations are available at: http://www.norlien.org/pages/player.php?v=felitti and also at:
http://www.chicagosafestart.net/content/dr-felittis-presentation/100 . A 13-minute video abstract may be
seen at: <http://gallery.mac.com/avahealth#100000>. A set of radio interviews about the ACE Study is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRaNwIdrKuc&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=B3F2CF45EEB95C80.

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