Adverse Experiences in Early Childhood Linked to Health Problems in Teens (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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Growing up in poverty, having a parent die, being physically or sexually abused and other adverse childhood experiences have been linked to health problems in older people, but now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that those adverse experiences in early childhood can be connected to mental and physical health problems in kids as young as 9. They've also identified changes in the brain that may be driving those problems. Jim Dryden has more...

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