Traumatic experiences can have ripple effects that permeate across many aspects of people's lives. For students, adverse childhood experiences have been shown to impact attention, memory, language ...

Consider Ethan and Kevin (their names are pseudonyms to protect their privacy), two children that I worked with as an ...

The word “trauma” comes from the ancient Greek word " trauma, meaning “wound.” Originally, it referred solely to physical ...

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The unique symptoms of PTSD in youth, and treatments specific to children after trauma. Exploring how PTSD looks different in children than in adults, what factors contribute to trauma’s long-term ...

The trauma treatment is growing in popularity. It worked for Ellie Wyse, now in college and seeking to help teens hurting like she was.

When wars end, cities begin rebuilding themselves.Rubble is cleared, schools reopen, and life slowly returns to the streets.But for children, war does not end so quickly. It remains in their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memories and photos both can misrepresent the past. Westend61 via Getty Images In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder ...

When I present on caregiver trauma, I play a video describing the stress, pain, and exhaustion of caring for a sick child. 1 I highlight a scene of a woman sobbing in the shower. After the video, I ...

In the midst of assault, the brain's fear circuitry takes over while other key parts are impaired or even effectively shut down. This is the brain reacting to a life-threatening situation just the way ...