Reviewed by Emily Edlynn, PhD Key Takeaways Avoidant attachment can be a problem for kids, because it lead to other mental health issues like feeling distrustful and emotionally numb.Parents who are ...

A 30-year-old Ventura County woman charged with murder in connection with the death of her 1-day-old infant last month is facing a second murder charge in the death of a child she gave birth to 11 ...

Dissociative identity disorder is often rooted in chronic childhood trauma. Repeated abuse, neglect, and attachment disruptions can fragment a growing mind. Healing is possible.

When something terrifying happens, your body does exactly what it’s wired to do: Your sympathetic nervous system flips on. Heart races, muscles tense, breathing becomes rapid and shallow. This ...

She only knew how long she had been held captive by counting each passing Christmas. Now in her mid-40s, the victim was just 16 when she moved into the squalid home in Tewkesbury. Her ordeal finally ...

"We had lots of tears of our own trying to figure out how to help her," Katelynn Jenson says ...

Many parents are trying so hard to protect their teen’s mental health that they’re accidentally stepping back from the role teens need most. Here's what two psychologists and parenting experts ...

The mother of a Chicago Public Schools student injured after a teacher’s aide allegedly put him in a chokehold says her son’s injuries were preventable.

A Penn Hills woman is charged with assaulting her 3-year-old son, who later died at UPMC Children’s Hospital. Doctors there said the boy had 11 fractures, some of which were healing, according to ...