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New evidence helps explain the link between childhood trauma and adult depression and anxiety.

Clinicians should routinely screen patients who experience depression and/or anxiety about childhood trauma if they display a tendency toward anger or angry outbursts, new research suggests.

Research discovered that people with depression and anxiety who had a traumatic childhood often grew up to be angry adults, and that the more severe the trauma, the more enraged the adult. This complicates the treatment of depression and anxiety, in addition to having an effect on social interactions and mental health

Adults who experienced trauma in childhood were more likely to have anger issues, with more severe trauma increasing the likelihood of anger problems, findings presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry showed.

Unresolved trauma from childhood can manifest as anger and antisocial personality traits in adulthood — but effective treatments are available.