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 ...

Trauma can leave lasting scars, as 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 ...

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an ...

In the 1980s, a study was conducted to investigate obesity treatment. A researcher tried fasting under medical supervision, and not surprisingly, many adults lost vast amounts of weight quickly. But ...

Workplace trauma is an issue contemporary leaders must increasingly address, and with care and expertise. Research shows that unresolved childhood trauma has a significant impact on how adults respond ...

What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

We all know that traumatic experiences in childhood leave deep invisible scars. However, researchers examining longitudinal data now say they’re not so certain all trauma leaves the same type of ...

In her work with families that struggle to create and maintain a healthy home environment, April Oschmann, a solutions-based case manager at The Extra Mile in Lafayette, has noticed a trend. Often, ...

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 ...