Maltreatment such as neglect and abuse are types of adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. But they often say little about ...

A study of 13-year-olds in Portugal found that children exposed to selected adverse experiences by 10 years of age tend to ...

As the school holidays approach, many Kenyan families are preparing their sons for initiation rites. But what if these cultural milestones trigger hidden fears instead of strength? One boy's quiet ...

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

Experiencing multiple childhood traumas doesn't just increase the risk of a single addiction. A new study suggests it creates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the ...

Sometimes, parents turn their children into adults who can't function normally. And unfortunately, kids whose parents ...

Not all painful experiences in childhood are traumatic. But childhood trauma is prevalent and can cause significant problems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You don’t need to remember every detail of your childhood to be shaped by it. Trauma doesn’t always announce itself with big, ...

Generational wounds may live in our genes. New research suggests that childhood trauma leads to a difference in the epigenetics of a sperm cell, which can impact a child's development and also be ...