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 ...

Car crashes, sports injuries, bad falls, severe burns and other sources of trauma can leave lasting scars in the minds of children and teens. Nearly half of children who've experienced physical trauma ...

When someone grows up in an environment where safety and support were inconsistent or absent, they may become hyper-vigilant ...

Trauma can affect children in many ways, from emotional withdrawal and anxiety to behavioral changes and struggles in school.

Each year between 200,000 and 270,000 children and youth enter foster care placements with child welfare services, and many more children receive child welfare services while remaining in their parent ...

The wildfires that recently ravaged communities in and around Los Angeles were a significantly traumatic experience whose reverberations will continue to be felt well into the future. Children respond ...

NEWTON, Mass. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Trauma can leave deep scars on children, impacting them in ways that aren’t always visible. But how children react to trauma varies from child to child. Families ...

After shootings like the one at the San Diego mosque, people on site and in a community who are not physically hurt also suffer. Children are especially vulnerable.

Addressing childhood trauma is one of the most effective crime-prevention strategies available.

Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma, a new UC San Francisco study found. Past research has ...

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 ...