Fergal Keane has met thousands of traumatised children while reporting on conflicts. Here, he researches the long-term effect ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders provides new evidence that difficult childhood experiences may ...

ABSTRACT: Russia’s large-scale deportation, torture, and forced assimilation of Ukrainian children is one of the starkest violations of modern international law and child-rights norms, and its gravity ...

A new study led by researchers from Murdoch University's School of Psychology, Personalized Medicine Center, and Center for Healthy Aging, Health Futures Institute has found that heart rate ...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can happen after someone goes through or sees a trauma — a very upsetting, scary, or dangerous event. A trauma often causes ...

ABSTRACT: On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, compounded by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, triggered widespread devastation and prolonged ...

Even in the chaos of war, parents can be a shield. A new study published in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice finds that parental emotional support helps ...

Objectives: Previous studies have established links between Internet addiction, life satisfaction, and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in individuals exposed to disasters; however, the nature of ...

A new large-scale longitudinal study suggests that children who exhibit a higher number of autistic traits are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the age of 18. The ...

A specialist form of therapy could offer hope for some of the most vulnerable young PTSD sufferers – according to a University of East Anglia study. Researchers investigated the effectiveness of ...