Child Maltreatment conference focuses on lifelong effects of childhood trauma

"The lifelong effects of childhood trauma have been the subject of talks among the 350-some participants in the Alaska Child Maltreatment Conference held in Anchorage this week, and hosted by the Alaska Children’s Alliance.

"Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, such as abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction caused by substance abuse, for instance, or domestic violence … significantly affect adult behavior, social health and physical health. That’s according to Dr. Rob Anda, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the 1990s, he and Dr. Vincent Felletti, of Kaiser Permanente, surveyed 17,000 people about ACES and about their health. Anda says the results show the higher the number of ACEs, the more problems later in life...."

http://www.ktoo.org/2012/10/25/child-maltreatment-conference-focuses-on-lifelong-effects-of-childhood-trauma/