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

A recent study by researchers from the University of Fukui and Hiroshima University in Japan shows that child maltreatment ...

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

Uncover the transformative steps to understanding and healing from childhood trauma this World Mental Health Day.

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

Events during childhood may continue to affect our emotions as adults. There has been plenty of evidence, for example, that people who experienced childhood trauma are more vulnerable to depression.

Neuroscientists at Columbia and McGill have discovered that high levels of a brain chemical cause depression and suicidal thoughts in people who experienced trauma or adversity during childhood.

Most well-informed people are aware that traumatic childhood experiences are often associated with serious mental health conditions later in life. What few people know, however, is how exactly trauma ...

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 ...