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 ...

Most recently, DSM modifications for PTSD included a subtype group for children aged younger than 6 years. 18 Research has shown when diagnostic criteria that are sensitive to child developmental ...

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 ...

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an ...

When a parent suffered trauma as a child, their kids are affected. Trauma in childhood echoes through generations, according to new research that could have implications for thousands of migrant ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Studies estimate that up to 90% of children in foster care have experienced trauma, ...

Schools should be ideal places for children who have faced trauma to process their experiences. Yet too often, school systems ...

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, according to our research ...

It was a holiday. Outside, children spilled into yards and streets, running with sparklers, calling to each other, their laughter cutting through the warm air. Families gathered on porches. Everyone ...

Where a child is injured in Canada can still determine whether they reach specialized trauma care. New national data reveal who it left out and why. Study: Access to pediatric trauma centres in Canada ...