Decades after a landmark study showed the lasting health effects of such trauma, researchers are finding ways to guard ...

UCSF review is the largest to distill how stress affects all areas of a child’s health, starting in the womb through ...

In her book It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You, my friend and colleague Dr. Christine Courtois writes, “Trauma is any event or experience (including witnessing) that is physically and/or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zoran Milich/Stocksy As doctors, we know that physical health is closely linked to mental health, and past experiences can often ...

When a parent suffered trauma as a child, their kids are affected. Trauma in childhood echoes through generations, according to new research that could have implications for thousands of migrant ...

Mothers' childhood experiences of trauma can predict their children's behavior problems, even when the mothers did not raise their children, who were placed for adoption as newborns, a new University ...

Trauma can leave lasting scars. Research shows that people who experience childhood trauma have an increased risk of depression, anxiety, heart disease, diabetes and even some forms of cancer. More ...

Most recently, DSM modifications for PTSD included a subtype group for children aged younger than 6 years. 18 Research has shown when diagnostic criteria that are sensitive to child developmental ...