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Prevent childhood abuse, trauma [WinonaPost.com]

 

When Sue LaFlash worked for the Wisconsin State Department of Health, she looked for research that explained what caused individuals to be violent, leading them on a path to sexual or physical assault. LaFlash ran across an Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES) conducted in the 1990s by Dr. Vincent Felitti and Dr. Robert Anda.

Kids who suffer from abuse or trauma often grow up to be abusers or troubled in some way. “The more I got into exploring it, the more I realized this is so fundamental to why we have populations of people that get stuck and can’t seem to move ahead no matter how much support they are given,” LaFlash said.

Scientists thought that there was something, a childhood experience, preceding health and social problems that adults faced. According to LaFlash, they believed that childhood trauma, including abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, or families with an incarcerated parent, mental illness, separation, or death, often led to unhealthy behaviors, from health issues to crime and violence.



[For more of this story, written by Laura Hayes, go to http://www.winonapost.com/Arti...ildhood-abuse-trauma]

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