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Adverse Childhood Experience Study

4/1/14: This week on "Homeground Radio:" Suppose we had a tool that could predict people's future problems: alcoholism, depression, diabetes, heart disease. In fact, we may have that tool. It's the Adverse Childhood Experiences test, or A.C.E. So now, what do we do with it? Dr. Elizabeth Kohlstaedt and Todd Garrison help answer that question.

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