All children need to feel safe, understood and valued. This is especially true for children who have experienced trauma. Early, hurtful experiences can cause children to see the world differently and ...

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A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or depression after experiencing a traumatic event. While most children recover well ...

Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. Childhood traumatic ...

Distressing events can threaten a child's sense of security. But parents can restore their sense of safety. Source: StockSnap/Pixabay Written by: Shealyn S. May, BA & Dillon T. Browne, Ph.D. We try to ...

Some 42% of Australians experience a traumatic event before turning 18—and it affects their health decades later. Our study, released today, analyzed data from 15,893 Australians aged 16–85, collected ...

Therapists say survivors of the California wildfires can help their children heal from the trauma of leaving everything they know behind by continuing on with their daily routines, providing an ...

The internet has a new, heart-wrenching obsession: a baby Japanese macaque named Punch. Known globally as "Punch the Monkey," this seven-month-old primate from Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo has sparked a ...