Children who experience traumatic events may show subtle but measurable differences in how their brains process attention and control impulses, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia.

Working full-time and having insurance has not insulated Ashaki Sypher's family from teetering on financial collapse. Her daughter, 16, has brain injury, disorders that demand care.

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...

Leland Fleming (left) is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Kerry Ressler at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital (both MA, USA). Fleming investigates the long-term impacts of ...

A leading authority on child psychology and brain development spoke in Helena Friday in hopes of bringing together multiple local agencies and advocacy groups to understand the effects of abuse and ...

Imagine getting up in the middle of the night, and starting to drive your car around town or preparing a big dish of dog food and eating it—and although your eyes are wide open, you’re sound asleep.

There’s a reason April Beaton has a 6-foot white beanbag in the living room and not a coffee table; a reason her 5-year-old son’s bedroom is kept bare. There’s a reason she keeps a stack of printouts ...

When politicians use food benefits as political football, Prof. Mariana Chilton says the country — not only hungry families — ...