Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

Thanks again to @Sigrun for the link:

http://www.cdc.gov/ace/index.htm

Quote:

The ACE Study findings suggest that certain experiences are major risk factors for the leading causes of illness and death as well as poor quality of life in the United States. Progress in preventing and recovering from the nation’s worst health and social problems is likely to benefit from understanding that many of these problems arise as a consequence of adverse childhood experience