CHENNAI: Child rights activists have questioned why the Juvenile Justice Boards in Tamil Nadu lack the child-friendly ...

Bullying and other forms of peer victimization can cause trauma symptoms in elementary school children, according to new research from the University of Florida. The study, published in the Journal of ...

Yet for some adults, trauma was not linked to specific adverse events but to ongoing instability and chaos in the home. When ...

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Break the cycle of stage fright by healing the "critical parent" within through honest, systematic self-analysis.

Child psychological maltreatment has a strong relationship with college students’ depression. However, the potential mediating and moderating variables between the two need further exploration. This ...

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 ...

Experiencing abuse or neglect during childhood can increase a person’s risk of facing violence from a romantic partner later ...

My early TV viewing preferences were perhaps a clue that I’d make a career researching psychological trauma. I spent my youth watching the American war comedy drama M*A*S*H*, which followed a team of ...

When you hear the word "abuse," some form of physical abuse, verbal abuse or sexual abuse may come to mind. But people may not think about emotional abuse. This kind of abuse can be more subtle to ...