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Childhood Mental Health Woes Could Hurt Adult Romance, Finance

(4/13/2011)

HealthDay News
March 30, 2011

Adults who experienced psychological problems during childhood tend to earn less money and are less likely to establish long-lasting relationships, a new study indicates.

Researchers analyzed data from 17,634 people in Britain who were born in the first week of March 1958 and followed for 50 years.

Read the HealthDay News Article: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=651220

Keywords: childhood, mental health, hurt, adult, romance, finance

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