Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trauma isn’t always the loud, dramatic ordeal Hollywood loves to portray. It can be more like an uninvited guest, subtly weaving ...

Repeating a school year, experiencing parental abuse or engaging in armed combat have far-reaching long-term effects. Lifetime trauma may even worsen end-of-life pain and discomfort, depression and ...

Humans need relationships and connections to survive and thrive. After all, we are social creatures. When one human victimizes another, that betrayal can leave survivors feeling alienated—disconnected ...

Some 42% of Australians experience a traumatic event before turning 18 – and it affects their health decades later. Our study, released today, analysed data from 15,893 Australians aged 16–85, ...

Psychological trauma is a topic that, until recently, has received little attention in research. Indeed, unlike physical trauma, it is not easy to define or verify its occurrence. The striking events ...

New research suggests that the path to alcohol dependence may differ depending on when the condition begins. A study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence identifies distinct roles for genetic ...