Childhood trauma in the U.S. is a ‘public health crisis’
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by John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
…. linked to myriad social problems, CDC study reports
If American children grew up in homes without abuse, alcoholism, mental illness, drugs or domestic partner violence, instances of depression in the general population would fall 44%.
If such a world of trauma-free households could ever exist, national unemployment would fall 15%. There would be 24% fewer heavy drinkers and 33% fewer smokers. Cases of coronary heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. —would fall 13%.
Those are among the findings in a new study that has special relevance to Milwaukee and Wisconsin, regions that already have been studying the impact of nonmilitary psychological trauma on their populations…
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