Children closest to an incident of gun violence have the most risk of lasting psychological effects. Here's what all parents ...

When parents ask if they should talk to their children about natural disasters or acts of violence in their communities, Melissa Brymer almost always answers yes. Children are likely to hear about ...

This past Friday, October 17, was World Trauma Day and it reminded me of how many children carry wounds too deep to process and how many adults feel unprepared to help them heal. As a result they ...

This is a post about trauma, and especially the impact of traumatic stress on young, developing minds, brains and bodies. But we first need to explore what is meant by this over-used, often ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) To do this, we focused on DNA, the instruction manual of cells. DNA is organized into ...