houseisland
January 16th, 2007, 09:51 PM
We have touched rather heatedly on a tanget to this topic in a thread started by Mayet: http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=71731
Here is more evidence of the damage that child abuse does and of the costs with which it burdens society --
BBC: Child abuse link to future (poor) health (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6263971.stm)
"Children who suffer abuse have an increased risk of physical ill health in adulthood, results suggest.
Researchers at King's College London followed 1,000 people in New Zealand from birth to the age of 32.
A third of those who were maltreated had high levels of inflammation - an early indicator of conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
Preventing abuse in childhood could help to reduce the burden of illness in adults, experts said."
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Here is more evidence of the damage that child abuse does and of the costs with which it burdens society --
BBC: Child abuse link to future (poor) health (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6263971.stm)
"Children who suffer abuse have an increased risk of physical ill health in adulthood, results suggest.
Researchers at King's College London followed 1,000 people in New Zealand from birth to the age of 32.
A third of those who were maltreated had high levels of inflammation - an early indicator of conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
Preventing abuse in childhood could help to reduce the burden of illness in adults, experts said."
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http://i1.tinypic.com/n5ngxw.jpg
It is my pure and virtuous heart that
gives me the strength of ten!