One Twin Was Hurt, the Other Was Not. Their Adult Mental Health
Diverged.
A large study of "discordant twins," in which only one suffered abuse
or neglect, adds to evidence linking childhood trauma to adult
illness.
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Take Dennis and Douglas. In high school, they were so alike that
friends told them apart by the cars they drove, they told researchers
in a study of twins in Virginia. Most of their childhood experiences
were shared -- except that Dennis endured an attempted molestation
when he was 13.
At 18, Douglas married his high school girlfriend. He raised three
children and became deeply religious. Dennis cycled through short-term relationships and was twice divorced, plunging into bouts of despair
after each split. By their 50s, Dennis had a history of major
depression, and his brother did not.
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Their study of 25,252 adult twins in Sweden, published in JAMA
Psychiatry, found that those who reported one or more trauma in
childhood --- physical or emotional neglect or abuse, rape, sexual
abuse, hate crimes or witnessing domestic violence -- were 2.4 times
as likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric illness as those who did
not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/health/one-twin-was-hurt-the-other-was-not-their-adult-mental-health-diverged.html
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