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Daniel Amen: “People score four more [on the ACE questionnaire] have an…”

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The 11 Risk Factors That Are Destroying Your Brain - Dr Daniel Amen

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Yes. So adverse childhood experiences, 0 to 10, physical, emotional, sexual abuse, neglect, witnessing domestic violence, having a parent with a mental health issue, incarceration or addiction, and People score four more [on the ACE questionnaire] have an increased risk of seven of the top 10 leading causes of death. People who score seven or more die 20 years earlier. So here we have the inverse of the, the directional dynamic that we've been talking about. (35:18–35:25)

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Asserts that high scores on the ACE questionnaire correlate with increased risk of major causes of death.

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