The Health and Social Impact of Growing Up With Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Human and Economic Costs of the Status Quo

Date

2007

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Description

The common stressful and traumatic exposures affect t a constellation of experiences including: abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), neglect (emotional, physical), witnessing domestic violence, growing up with substance abuse (alcohol or other drug abuse) or mental illness in the household, parental discord, or crime in the home. This document is a presentation made by Dr. Robert Anda, co-Principal Investigator for the ACE studies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the 2007 Guest House Institute Summer Leadership Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Keywords

Abuse-sexual -- emotional, Abuse-sexual -- physical, Economic impact, Effects -- Adverse childhood, Substance abuse, Violence -- domestic

Citation

Anda, R. (2007). The health and social impact of growing up with adverse childhood experiences: The human and economic costs of the status quo. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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