Selected Teen-Reported Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health Care Use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous work has highlighted associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and mental health care use, but few studies use nationally representative data self-reported by teenagers.

Methods

Data came from the cross-sectional National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)- Teen (July 2021-December 2023), an online follow-back survey of teenagers whose parents answered the child portion of the main NHIS. Multivariate logistic regression models estimated associations between selected ACEs and a summed ACEs score (four or more ACEs vs. three or less), and mental health care use in the past 12 months: 1) took prescription medication, 2) received therapy, and 3) unmet mental health care need due to 4) cost, 5) stigma, and 6) not knowing where to go, among teenagers

SUBMITTER: Ng AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12910357 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature