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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Alcoholic Parents, and Later Risk of Alcoholism and Depression

Psychiatric Services · 2002 · Vol. 53(8) · pp. 1001–1009

Robert F. Anda✉(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Charles L. WhitfieldVincent J. Felitti(Kaiser Permanente)Daniel P. Chapman(National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)Valerie J. Edwards(National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)Shanta R. Dube(National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)David F. Williamson(National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

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Abstract

Children in alcoholic households are more likely to have adverse experiences. The risk of alcoholism and depression in adulthood increases as the number of reported adverse experiences increases regardless of parental alcohol abuse. Depression among adult children of alcoholics appears to be largely, if not solely, due to the greater likelihood of having had adverse childhood experiences in a home with alcohol-abusing parents.

Child Abuse and Trauma Homelessness and Social Issues Homicide, Infanticide, and Child AbusePsychiatryDepression (economics)Alcohol abuseAdverse effectSubstance abusePoison controlPsychologyChild abuseSuicide preventionSexual abuse

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AdultAlcoholismChildDepressive Disorder, MajorMajor Depressive DisorderFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedParent-Child RelationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsChild of Impaired Parents

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