Old Before Their Time: The Impact of Childhood Trauma

Old Before Their Time: The Impact of Childhood Trauma

April 2, 2026 · 42 min · Season 8 · Episode 7

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The episode discusses the impact of childhood trauma through a conversation with Dr. Frank Putnam about a longitudinal study on girls affected by intrafamilial sexual abuse.

In this episode of One in Ten, host Teresa Huizar engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Frank Putnam, Professor of Psychiatry at UNC School of Medicine, about childhood trauma, focusing on the Female Growth and Development Study, a 35-year longitudinal, cross-sequential study of girls ages 6–15 with CPS-substantiated intrafamilial sexual abuse and a matched comparison group, followed across three generations with repeated psychological, medical, and biological assessments. Putn...

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