Beal SJ, et al. - Researchers investigated the risk of pain in a cohort of young adult women with a documented history of child maltreatment vs a matched cohort of women who did not experience childhood maltreatment. They assessed 477 young women recruited between ages 14 to 17 years and followed annually to age 19. Maltreatment (ie, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect) was reported in 57% of these women (n = 273). Relative to nonmaltreated women, women who had experienced child maltreatment as adults reported higher pain intensity, a greater number of pain locations, and were more likely to experience pain in the previous week. The effects of maltreatment on pain were partially explained by adolescent posttraumatic stress. Findings suggest that the risk of pain was higher for young adult women who experienced child maltreatment, especially when they also experienced posttraumatic stress as adolescents.