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Child Abuse is Bad for Your Health: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study

In 1998, in a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kaiser Permanente Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego, a team of doctors and researchers published the results of a two-year study entitled “Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.” This landmark research is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being.  Read More

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