From Dr. B

Consequences, costs of child abuse

2022-04-20T10:44:35-07:00Sep 19th, 2014|From Dr. B|

The cost of abuse to a child lasts a lifetime, for individuals and our country as a whole.

In a study of 17,000 adults, those abused as children were more likely to become suicidal and have heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and liver disease; twice as likely to be smokers, severely obese and to become alcoholics; and three times as likely to develop a drug addiction.

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