A new psychological investigation suggests that emotional abuse in childhood serves as the primary driver for a debilitating ...

If you’ve ever known the relief of a grandmother’s embrace or the comfort of pulling up in her driveway and knowing that a ...

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

New research shows that 1 in 4 children with major traumatic injury do not receive care in a pediatric trauma centre, where outcomes are generally better than in adult centres. The authors of the ...

Certain topics are not discussed enough and one of those sensitive ones is the dynamics of trauma bonding. Relegated to intimate relationships in most cases, it is equally significant and destructive ...

Artificial color additives are frequently incorporated into processed foods and drinks for their vivid, stable hues and consistent appearance. The most common certified dyes include Red No. 40 (Allura ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lacey W. Heinsberg, University of Pittsburgh and Amery Treble-Barna, University of ...

The first few years of a child's life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, ...

The first few years of a child’s life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, ...

As someone who has spent more than two decades studying child and community trauma in our city, I have grave concerns about the “Catahoula Crunch” deployment of Border Patrol agents in New Orleans. My ...

Jorge Jesus Perez Ramirez was charged on Nov. 26 with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under in connection with the alleged Oct. 14 incident According to the memo, ...