Adults abused as children twice as likely to develop health and mental health conditions, study finds

A study published in Child Maltreatment found that in comparison to those who had not been abused in childhood, adults who had experienced both childhood physical and sexual abuse had approximately double the odds of physical and mental health conditions, including angina, arthritis, asthma, COPD, heart attack, depression, and disability—even after considering respondents’ age, race, income, and health behaviors, as well as obesity.
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