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

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

A school shooting in Wisconsin has left a teacher and student dead, with six others injured. Dr. Scott Hadland, the chief of adolescent medicine at Mass General for Children, discusses the widespread ...

About 50 elementary counselors in Salem-Keizer Public Schools recently spent several hours learning how to prepare and educate students ahead of lockdown drills, which can be traumatizing to some ...

Dr. Rochelle Hanson, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, stands in front of the the National Crime Victims Research & ...

A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or depression after experiencing a traumatic event. While most children recover well ...

“I was only ten years old the night my stepfather came into my room,” Carolina said during a restorative justice session in Medellín. Her voice trembled in a way that tightened the air around us, as ...

After last week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the young survivors underwent a routine that has become all too familiar. Teams of crisis counselors were dispatched, vigils and funerals were ...

Almost a quarter of Canadian children with major physical trauma did not access a pediatric trauma center for their care between 2016 and 2021, according to a recent study. Of 3007 children younger ...