Childhood Trauma Contributes To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers have found that childhood trauma contributes to the development of chronic fatigue syndrome.


The study was carried out by researchers from Emory University School of Medicine, with the study being supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

They looked at a total of 113 adults who had chronic fatigue syndrome, and 124 who did not.

They then looked into the history of these adults to see who went through any type of childhood trauma such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, etc.

What they found was that adults who went through childhood trauma were six times more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome later in life.


The study has been published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.