No one gets through life unscathed. But what trauma does to our brains is sometimes a result of factors outside of our control. This is especially true for children. When a fragile, growing brain ...

CPTSD includes symptoms like avoidance, intrusions, and emotional and relationship difficulties. Children with CPTSD may act out trauma during play and become very clingy. Seek medical attention if ...

Intense stress can lead to fuzzy memories, which can lead to more generalized fear responses. Now, scientists may have just ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder may be linked to ...

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We all probably know about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—a cluster of symptoms that a person might suffer after a traumatic event or series of events such as a car crash, a natural disaster, or ...

Social stress can affect the way genes are expressed. A new study has found that epigenetic effects could explain why some people who experience trauma in childhood have an increase in the risk of ...

When living through chronic, ongoing trauma during childhood, our mind will do whatever it takes to survive. When those traumatic experiences, whether marked by abuse or neglect, take place in the ...

For The New York Times Magazine, the reporter Jen Percy interviewed dozens of victims of sexual assault to understand the complicated reactions to trauma. By Sarah Bahr Times Insider explains who we ...

Severe lung inflammation has been linked to symptoms resembling post-traumatic stress disorder in mice, which could help us ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -Tuesday was an emotional day for hundreds of families across Michigan after a major scare at Okemos High School, Jackson High School, and six other districts. Dozens of police ...