Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These ...

Scientists found that childhood trauma can change DNA and brain development, leaving long-term biological marks.

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...

Understanding the different types of childhood trauma is the first step to breaking harmful cycles and beginning the healing process.

Healing from childhood trauma is possible but it is a slow process While the memories of past traumas never go away emotional ...

Leland Fleming (left) is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Kerry Ressler at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital (both MA, USA). Fleming investigates the long-term impacts of ...

A client who is a teacher at a middle school shared with me that during some faculty meetings, there was a heated discussion about how to address the fact that a large number of students report ...

Reading Jackson Clark’s tribute to Tyrone Yazzie (Herald, Jan. 5), the young, Indigenous man who worked in Clark’s art gallery and died living homeless and addicted to alcohol, raised a concern for me ...