Genetic risk for PTSD appears to interact differently with different traumatic experiences, with some of the strongest patterns linked to childhood trauma.

Our brain is always there. From birth, and even prenatally, it is exposed to the environment. How does the brain react to that? The brain shows spontaneous or intrinsic activity that seems to remain ...

A study reveals that your genes may make you more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from certain types of ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

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.

Childhood trauma is such a deep and sprawling topic that trying to understand the full scope of its impacts can feel like trying to drink from a firehose. One psychiatrist has identified a significant ...

Adults who report painful childhoods followed by the end of a romantic relationship have smaller hippocampuses. A smaller hippocampus is a hallmark of many mental disorders. Although childhood ...

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A Lancet model says confidential drugmaker deals could erase 71% to nearly 80% of projected Medicare savings from foreign drug price benchmarks. Many insurance denials are reversed on appeal, but odds ...

This post is part of a series on adverse childhood experiences. Read the other parts here. “There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.” —Zora Neale Hurston The psychologist James ...

In an open field, arrows whizzed through the humid June air and struck their targets. Campers and counselors cheered.

Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...