Two Years Of Quality Of Life Lost By Child Maltreatment Victims

Child maltreatment is associated with reductions in quality of life even decades later, according to a new University of Georgia study that finds that - on average - victims lose at least two years of quality of life.UGA College of Public Health associate professor Phaedra Corso and her colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed surveys of more than 6,000 people to assess the deficits in quality of life that victims suffer.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on June 1st, 2008