An increased risk of dementia among individuals exposed to brain trauma, traumatic brain injury, has been known for almost a century. Still, we know very little about the molecular causes behind this, ...

Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey have published a book of their conversations about trauma and healing titled What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. Oprah has spoken to ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

Mass General Brigham researchers compared data from more than 75,000 adults with TBI to a control group of the same size. They studied the patients over 24 years and observed how many developed brain ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in close to 70,000 deaths in the U.S. every year, and it is the cause of long-term physical, cognitive and mental disability in 5 million Americans. But despite ...

Researchers identify molecular markers in children and adolescents, revealing how child maltreatment stress alters DNA, brain development, and mental health Child maltreatment, which includes abuse ...