What David Brooks Didn’t Say - Kids At Risk Action

Chris Engel 10/7/124:51 PM

"The World Health Organization defines torture as “extended exposure to violence & deprivation”. Every child in my CASA guardian ad-Litem caseload suffered from being tortured (half of them had been sexually abused). This explains why children in child protection suffer from PTSD at twice the rate soldiers returning from Iraq & Afghanistan do, why 2/3 of the youth in juvenile justice have mental health diagnosis (and why half of them have multiple, serious, & chronic diagnosis) & why 80% of youth aging out of foster care lead dysfunctional lives."

http://www.invisiblechildren.org/tag/adverse-childhood-experiences-kiaser-hmo/

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