Neuroscientists at Columbia and McGill have discovered that high levels of a brain chemical cause depression and suicidal ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These ...

Before going on to commit violence, domestic abusers use a mix of intense affection and emotional cruelty, combined with ...

Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday said both the judiciary and law enforcement agencies play a pivotal role in handling cases of violence against girl children. She ...

Uncover the transformative steps to understanding and healing from childhood trauma this World Mental Health Day.

Understanding the different types of childhood trauma is the first step to breaking harmful cycles and beginning the healing ...

“The theory based on the extant empirical literature provides a basic developmental view of why TRACEs that are directly experienced versus witnessed may show higher stability,” Weems says.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Child development franchise ...

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...

Robert Roberson, the Palestine man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, during a hearing at the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, Texas on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. We are ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

Editor’s note: Today marks our fifth annual “State Of Homelessness” edition. This joint project involving nine Northern California Medianews Group newspapers began following a conference call among ...