Kids With Jailed Family Member at Greater Risk for Poor Health as Adults [PsychCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/4/1412:00 PM

New research has found that people who grew up in a household where a member was incarcerated have an 18 percent greater risk of experiencing poor health as adults.

The study, from researchers at Brown University, suggests that the nation’s high rate of imprisonment could be contributing to enduring physical and mental health difficulties in these families.

[For more of this story, written by Janice Wood, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/08/02/kids-with-jailed-family-member-at-greater-risk-for-poor-health-as-adults/73152.html]

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