For most young children, the sight and voice of a parent serve as a primary source of comfort and safety. A new study ...

Most people assume their memories of growing up are fixed, much like a file stored in a cabinet, but new research suggests the way we remember our childhoods might actually shift depending on how we ...

Parent Psychotherapy doesn’t just heal emotional wounds — it repairs a biological process that could benefit kids for life.

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 ...

Childhood trauma is assumed to be something that permanently shapes us, but what if adult relationships play a role in shaping these memories? A recent study explores that question.

When a parent suffered trauma as a child, their kids are affected. Trauma in childhood echoes through generations, according to new research that could have implications for thousands of migrant ...

The world's largest brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The University of Essex study – led by the Department of Psychology's Dr Megan ...

What happened to us in early life can be processed in such a way as to lead not only to resolution but also to a richer ...

Decades of research on attachment and developmental trauma tells us what happens when we separate children under terrifying conditions.

Ladan Hashemi receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development and the UK Prevention Research Partnership grant (MR-VO49879/1). Children with traumatic experiences in their early ...