Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops in response to complex trauma during childhood. Complex trauma is defined as prolonged exposure to traumatic events ...

Parent Psychotherapy doesn’t just heal emotional wounds — it repairs a biological process that could benefit kids for life.

Self-compassion often fails after complex trauma, not because it is wrong, but because survival comes first. Attunement is the verb that builds safety before kindness is possible.

A new digital resource co-created by University of Victoria (UVic) researchers and trauma survivors will streamline access to resources and tools for clinicians who support people with complex ...

The unique symptoms of PTSD in youth, and treatments specific to children after trauma. Exploring how PTSD looks different in children than in adults, what factors contribute to trauma’s long-term ...

Decades of research on attachment and developmental trauma tells us what happens when we separate children under terrifying conditions.

Houston’s Chester Street Foundation focuses on addressing the effects of childhood trauma. Houston has been through a lot in the past year, from a derecho to Hurricane Beryl. And those kinds of events ...

Mental health professionals continue to get stuck in needless territorial disputes. Case in point: A recent article in The Atlantic by Rebecca Ruiz entitled, “How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken ...

Lacey W. Heinsberg receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Amery Treble-Barna receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. A newly discovered biological signal in the ...