Researchers followed individuals who experienced the following childhood adversities: abuse, neglect, loss of a parent through death or other causes, divorce, parental substance abuse, parental criminal behavior, family violence and being poor.
These childhood experiences were associated with three chronic pain conditions in adulthood: osteoarthritis, chronic back or neck pain and frequent or severe headache.
Read the Archives of General Psychiatry report on childhood anxiety and chronic pain.
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