Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fathers may carry traces of their childhood trauma in their sperm cells, a new study finds. The new research, published Jan. 3 in ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill studies the chemical tags that trauma and other adverse experiences can leave on children’s genes – and whether interventions can buffer the effects of ...

Scientists have found a shocking link between childhood stress and sperm cells in an interesting new study. It seems that those early stressful years may leave more than just emotional scars; they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The effects of traumatic brain injuries go beyond what meets the eye. Naeblys/iStock via Getty Images Plus A newly discovered ...

Childhood abuse, one of the most commonly reported traumatic exposures in the United States, does not merely leave psychological scars. A growing body of postmortem brain studies and clinical ...

Researchers identify molecular markers in children and adolescents, revealing how child maltreatment stress alters DNA, brain development, and mental health Child maltreatment, which includes abuse ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could help health care teams and researchers better understand how children respond to brain injuries at the cellular level, ...