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Review
. 2003 Oct;18(10):864-70.
doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20918.x.

The long-term health outcomes of childhood abuse. An overview and a call to action

Kristen W Springer  1 , Jennifer Sheridan, Daphne Kuo, Molly Carnes
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The long-term health outcomes of childhood abuse. An overview and a call to action

Kristen W Springer et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

While the association between abuse in childhood and adverse adult health outcomes is well established, this link is infrequently acknowledged in the general medical literature. This paper has 2 purposes: (1) to provide a broad overview of the research on the long-term effects of child abuse on mental and physical health including some of the potential pathways, and (2) to call for collaborative action among clinicians, psychosocial and biomedical researchers, social service agencies, criminal justice systems, insurance companies, and public policy makers to take a comprehensive approach to both preventing and dealing with the sequelae of childhood abuse.

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