Children subjected to abuse may carry the physical hallmark of that trauma in their cells, scientists say, in research that could help criminal investigations probing historic mistreatment.

Immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Susan Coates, PhD, provided critical mental health services to children and their parents at the Family Assistance Center set up by ...

Transformative Growth Counseling offers evidence-informed PTSD and trauma services, supporting healing, resilience, and ...

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

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 results suggest room for improvement in Canadian trauma systems to ensure that all children receive optimal care, according to the researchers.

Hauser is the author of Vulnerable Minds: The harm of childhood trauma and the hope of resilience, which was published on March 12, 2024 by Penguin-Random House, New York. In 2022, the World Health ...

Here’s a look at the CHOP program helping foster families deal with children’s past trauma and mental health struggles.

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 ...

Across the Central Sahel region, millions of children carry deep mental scars resulting from exposure to extreme violence and armed conflict. Through its Better Learning Programme (BLP), the Norwegian ...

Sandy Hook counselors explain how communities should respond and prepare. This is a MedPage Today story. Three days after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, social worker and child ...