California Looks To Lead Nation In Unraveling Childhood Trauma | Kaiser Health News

California Looks To Lead Nation In Unraveling Childhood Trauma | Kaiser Health News: The Golden State, in a movement spearheaded by its first-ever surgeon general, stands to become a vanguard for the nation in tracing adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, to the onset of physical and mental illness. But what can a pediatrician, with her 15-minute time slots and extensive to-do list, do about the ills of an absent parent or a neighborhood riddled with gun violence?