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

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

Schools should be ideal places for children who have faced trauma to process their experiences. Yet too often, school systems ...

The Children’s Trauma Center (CTC) provides comprehensive trauma treatment for children ages 0-19. We use evidence based trauma treatment that has proven results. We also believe that imbalances in ...

The catastrophic Camp Fire roared through Northern California’s Butte County in 2018, charring the landscape, taking 86 lives and destroying countless homes and habitats in the town of Paradise. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's widely accepted by psychotherapists that sexual abuse is a traumatic experience for children, causing emotional repercussions that last well into adulthood. But in her controversial new book, The ...

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