Children who experience traumatic events may show subtle but measurable differences in how their brains process attention and ...

A single neural thread in the brain may explain why some people who are hurt lash out while others turn the pain inward. A ...

Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior. High SGK1 ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified a brain chemical that could explain why people who face trauma or neglect in childhood are more vulnerable to depression and suicidal thoughts later in life.

Childhood trauma has long been known to raise a child’s odds of developing depression and addiction later on. Now, a small but intriguing new study links these risks to specific changes in the brain, ...

Our brain is always there. From birth, and even prenatally, it is exposed to the environment. How does the brain react to that? The brain shows spontaneous or intrinsic activity that seems to remain ...

A new study reveals that aggression and self-harm share a biological foundation in the brain’s response to early-life trauma.

A brain chemical called SGK1 may explain why childhood trauma increases depression risk. Blocking it could lead to better antidepressants. Neuroscientists from Columbia University and McGill Universit ...

Reading Jackson Clark’s tribute to Tyrone Yazzie (Herald, Jan. 5), the young, Indigenous man who worked in Clark’s art gallery and died living homeless and addicted to alcohol, raised a concern for me ...

Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behaviour.