Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

That inexplicable anxiety you feel in crowded places? The way your body tenses up when you hear raised voices? The persistent feeling that something bad is about to happen even when life is going well ...

For decades, medicine treated childhood as prologue. Now it is becoming clear that early trauma can rewire the brain, alter ...

The Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum and the Center for Children and Families recently partnered to host the Connected ...

Unpacking the Research Dealing with Brain Trauma When brain trauma takes place, research informs there is an instant inherent response (“by the brain” to this trauma) through a wide variety of means.

New guidelines emphasize selective imaging, cautious surgical decision-making, and more in penetrating traumatic brain injury ...

Researchers identify molecular markers in children and adolescents, revealing how child maltreatment stress alters DNA, brain development, and mental health Child maltreatment, which includes abuse ...