Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior. High SGK1 levels were found in the brains of suicide victims and in people with genetic ...

What is memory? Is it an electric spark or a chemical product? Is it deposited in one place? All that you have learned, felt, and experienced in your life is memory, but it’s not like books stored ...

Most well-informed people are aware that traumatic childhood experiences are often associated with serious mental health conditions later in life. What few people know, however, is how exactly trauma ...

This post was co-authored by Dr. Ruth Lanius, Lauren Rudolph, and Dr. Breanne Kearney. Trauma is an insult to the senses, leaving a lasting impact: It affects what we see, hear, and feel, and how we ...

Early and lifelong trauma can intensify menopause symptoms and accelerate cardiovascular and brain aging, according to research. Trauma is common yet underrecognized and undertreated, and it can ...

Even through Zoom, I could tell she was unraveling. Her face was drawn, her shoulders hunched, her eyes darting just off-camera like she was bracing for bad news. She told me the incisions from her ...

As Veterans Day draws focus on the mental health challenges faced by those who served, one Marine-turned-psychologist says new brain technology could change how veterans — and their doctors — ...

Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...

These days, it seems like trauma talk is everywhere you turn. Looking back, signs of an approaching wave were there. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that public conversation about religious ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...