Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country's birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in appalling ...

Navy veteran Michael Giardina told Anderson Cooper he was able to "let go" of trauma from his childhood during a psychedelic ...

Scientists have unveiled a link between childhood stress and epigenetic changes in sperm cells that could affect future ...

Although childhood mistreatment is a known risk factor for later psychological problems, a solid link between that and hippocampus size has never been solidified. To better understand the link between ...

A recent study examines long-term effects of childhood trauma, specifically focusing on how various types of trauma, categorized by the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework, influence ...

Researchers from the FinnBrain study at the University of Turku have previously found an association between paternal early life stress exposure and the child's brain development. In a recent ...

A new study by a team of researchers from the UK and Brazil has revealed a strong connection between childhood trauma and the development of psychiatric disorders in adolescents living in low-and ...

Even when children are taken away from their mothers for good reasons, it can impact their development, says Lora Rose Buth.

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood conditions in psychology. Characterized by the presence of ...

Prolonged stress during childhood can have life-long consequences on a person's health and well-being. According to the World ...

Art therapy helps children express themselves, process trauma, build resilience, and improve social skills. It is essential ...

Canadian researchers watched many hours of those movies and looked at which characters suffered considerable childhood trauma ... inconsistency in character development," the authors wrote.