Children who experience traumatic events may show subtle but measurable differences in how their brains process attention and ...

Being exposed to trauma in childhood is linked to serious mental and physical health issues later in life. These findings ...

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in ...

Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior. High SGK1 ...

A new study reveals that aggression and self-harm share a biological foundation in the brain’s response to early-life trauma.

A single neural thread in the brain may explain why some people who are hurt lash out while others turn the pain inward. A ...

Experts say traumatic events, including Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Minneapolis, can rewire a child’s developing brain even if they’re not directly impacted by it. The way we parent can help ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...

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 groundbreaking study identifies SGK1 as a crucial brain chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal thoughts, offering hope for new antidepressant treatments that target this ...