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

Childhood trauma usually refers to severe adverse childhood experiences (or ACEs). These ACEs, or traumatic events, are dangerous, scary, or violent occurrences that threaten a child’s well-being, ...

Rather than simply offering play or stimulation, the space integrates all five senses - sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste ...

Most research on the health effects of stress focuses on adults, but a new review looks at how stress uniquely affects ...

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

Trauma can leave lasting scars on children, impacting their behavior, development, and emotional well-being. Experts say the effects may not always be visible, but they are often deeply rooted.

A University of Sydney-led study published today has found 42 percent of Australian adults - more than eight million people - experienced a traumatic event as children. Those affected have a 50 ...

Sandy Hook counselors explain how communities should respond and prepare. This is a MedPage Today story. Three days after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, social worker and child ...

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 ...

MetroHealth says Greater Cleveland cannot sustain three Level I trauma centers and warns the move will harm patient outcomes ...

Autopsy of a 7-year-old reveals fractured ribs and internal bleeding. Learn how violence causes lifelong physical and mental ...