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Childhood trauma is one of the most extensively studied and well-supported environmental risk factors for the development of mental health problems. The human tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) gene is one of the most promising candidate genes in numerous p
Childhood trauma experiences can carry over to the next generation, affecting the health and behavior of survivors' children. However, the mechanisms underlying these intergenerational effects of childhood trauma are not yet clear. One mechanism may be changes in children's hypothalamic鈥損ituitary鈥...
Blacks also had significantly higher exposure to assaultive violence than Whites. Asian men and women had the highest rates for war-related events (Breslau et al, 2010). However, overall Blacks had the highest risk of trauma affecting them later on in life (adulthood) than any other…show ...
The problem is, there’s only so much you can do all by yourself. That’s why the deepest effects of childhood trauma often go “unresolved.” You might ask: “Even if I’ve had therapy?” Sadly, yes. Many therapists aren’t experts in childhood trauma, and that’s what you need ...
writerbased in New York. I also worked for ten years as a psychotherapist in New York, thoughI ended my therapy practice in2010. My creative work focuses on the destruction of our natural environment and the causes, consequences, and significance of childhood trauma. I see childhood trauma as...
The establishment of statewide trauma systems for children has also reduced the risk for death from severe injury.84 Children's hospitals provide not only tertiary medical and nursing care but also support services distinct from adult hospitals. Despite the special needs of injured children, the ...
He noted that childhood traumas were the least likely to have been confided and the most likely to cause illness later in life. Understandably, mood slipped during the four days of writing. Yet afterward, those who had confided in writing showed less depression, anxiety, stress, and ...
Trauma generates emotions, and unless we process these emotions at the time the trauma occurs, they become stuck in our mind and body. Instead of healing from the wounding event, the trauma stays in our body as energy in our unconscious, affecting our life until we uncover it and process ...
midbrain activation and psychotic symptoms in borderline personality disorder K Nicol1, M Pope1, L Romaniuk1 and J Hall1,2,3 Childhood trauma is believed to contribute to the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD), however the mechanism by which childhood trauma increases risk for ...