Family Trauma

There is a series of research studies by the Kaiser Family Foundation that showed how the loss of a parent in childhood negatively impacted adults. The Adverse Childhood Events Research showed a remarkably high correlation between parental loss and adult diseases.

They looked at various ways a child could lose a parent. Drugs, Prison, Death, Sickness, Abandonment, etc. When they looked closely at the medical records of over 18,000 people they found a step-wise correlation between the number of losses and the percent of people who had the noted diagnosis. 

 0 Losses-Very few drug users
1 Loss-it rises to 4%
2 Losses it rises dramatically to 1.3%
4 Losses it is sky high at 3.0%

The impact of Adverse Childhood Losses dramatically increases with every loss.

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