Early childhood experiences and exposures set the foundation for long-term outcomes across multiple domains of influence ...

A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, reveals that school-age children and adolescents with medically diagnosed ...

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 ...

The death of a loved one – or any type of emotionally traumatic event – can change a child’s life forever. In Utah, ...

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, where he ...

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 ...

Every day, children face experiences that can change their lives. Trauma can leave deep scars on children, impacting them in ways that aren’t always visible. But how children react to trauma varies ...

This past Friday, October 17, was World Trauma Day and it reminded me of how many children carry wounds too deep to process and how many adults feel unprepared to help them heal. As a result they ...

Children initially treated at trauma centers with the highest level of preparedness to care for children, called pediatric readiness, are significantly less likely to die than those initially treated ...

How does war affect a child's senses? New research shows that 2023 war trauma caused atypical sensory processing in 48% of ...