https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/pifr-ace112220.php
News Release 22-Nov-2020
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that adverse childhood experiences, often referred to as child maltreatment, are associated with increased odds of substance use among women urban Emergency Department (ED) patients.
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Adverse childhood experiences were measured as:
exposure to a mentally ill person in the home
parent/caregiver alcoholism
sexual abuse
physical abuse
psychological abuse
violence directed against the respondent's mother
The results showed that at least one adverse childhood experience was reported by 53% of men and 60% of women. Moreover:
Women whose mothers were victims of domestic violence had greater chances of at-risk drinking,
Women with multiple adverse experiences were more likely to use cannabis,
Women with multiple adverse experiences were more likely use illicit drugs.
Men's individual or multiple adverse childhood experiences were not associated with increased likelihood for any of the outcomes.
[My own observations lead me to wonder if males are less likely to recognize and/or remember childhood mistreatment.]
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tags: drug use, drub abuse, child abuse,
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