How Trauma and Prenatal Substance Exposure Harm Children’s Development, Health
“Most adult mental health and substance use disorders have their roots in unresolved or undiagnosed concerns that can be effectively addressed in childhood, according to Kimberly Siegrist, a certified pediatric nurse practitioner. Sharing her advanced training in child and adolescent developmental and behavioral medicine, Siegrist said that untreated and undiagnosed childhood conditions might lead to substance use disorder.”
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