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The Conversation: Warning: this article contains distressing quotes from perpetrators of child sexual abuse.

Academic rigour, journalistic flair Share article Print article Warning: this article contains distressing quotes from perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Researchers have long tried to answer the question: why do some men sexually abuse children? We recently set out to … Continue reading

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Big Think: Trauma doesn’t end when the danger does, and for decades, science couldn’t explain why. Rachel Yehuda, a leading PTSD researcher, has spent her career inside that question, uncovering the way that trauma can leave impressions on our genes, sometimes passing biological echoes of those events to the next generation.

Playback speed 1× Subtitles Share post Share post at current time Share from 17:47 2:41 / 50:00 Transcript My current research is really about understanding long-term effects of stress and really entertaining the question of why we are so transformed when we undergo traumatic experiences and why the effects can linger for so long. We are looking at a variety of hormonal and molecular mechanisms to try to help us understand that. I’m also interested in treatment of PTSD. And really what to do about the fact that so many people have effects of traumatic experiences that trouble them. They feel haunted by their traumatic experiences or they feel really stuck because of things that have happened to them in the past. So what’s the best way to get unstuck and what’s the best way to move forward following trauma exposure? So those are the things that my colleagues and I are studying. Why I’ve dedicated my career to studying the effects of trauma is because trauma exposure seems to be everywhere. And increasingly, the more we seem to be learning about the effects of trauma, in some ways, the more stuck we’re getting as a society. We see it as sort of an insurmountable burden or barrier when, in fact, there’s always been stress and there’s always been trauma. And truly, there must also be a way to go forward in the face of trauma and use the lessons of trauma to really achieve resilience and post-traumatic growth. I think what’s really helpful is to make the distinction between the experience of stress and the experience of trauma. So maybe what’s useful is to talk about the difference between stress and trauma. We experience both on pretty much a regular basis, according to statistics. Many people see it as a kind of continuum, with stress being maybe a less serious version of trauma, and trauma’s sort of at the other end of the spectrum. And that’s not entirely wrong. A stressful event is something that is challenging to you in the moment. It could be a trouble at work, trouble in interpersonal relationships. It could be an illness or coping with really any of a number of things. When most people talk about a traumatic experience, they’re talking more in the order of life threat, interpersonal violence, childhood abuse, combat, being in a natural disaster. So clearly there is a range of challenging events with trauma being at the other end of the spectrum. But the differences go even deeper than that because when we talk about a stressful situation, 38 1 3 A PTSD researcher explains MDMA-assisted therapy This isn’t a trip, it’s the … Continue reading

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Yale University: How Our Past Trauma Drives Our Brain’s Response to New Stress

In Depth How Our Past Trauma Drives Our Brain’s Response to New Stress By Isabella Backman August 2025 3 Minute Read Share article A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers insight into how past stress impacts a person’s … Continue reading

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The Harvard Gazette: Parental firearm injury linked to surge in children’s psychiatric diagnoses

Health Parental firearm injury linked to surge in children’s psychiatric diagnoses Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder accounts for most of the increase, according to study Mass General Brigham Communications January 28, 2026 3 min read Each year, 20,000 children and adolescents across the … Continue reading

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Journal of Neurotrauma: TBI over survivor’s life time. November 5, 2024

Recognizing traumatic brain injury as a chronic condition fosters better care over the survivor’s lifetime by Regenstrief Institute  Editors’ notes Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A commentary, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, calls for traumatic brain injury to be recognized … Continue reading

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TBI: Why we “stare”. I tend to stare, and put it down to resting the brain. AI answer.

A vacant stare in someone with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can be a sign of a TBI symptom like a seizure, disorientation, or a reduced ability to concentrate and process information. It can also be related to dissociation or flat/blunted affect, which involves a detached … Continue reading

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Verbal abuse in childhood has devastating impact on adult brain

Mental Health Verbal abuse in childhood has devastating impact on adult brain By Bronwyn Thompson August 06, 2025 Words can cause significant harm, new study shows A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as … Continue reading

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What Drives Women to Kill? Emotion & Threat, Not Psychopathy

The current study suggests that neither psychopathy nor instrumental aggression are strong drivers for women who kill, which is consistent with previous research. Credit: Neuroscience News What Drives Women to Kill? Emotion & Threat, Not Psychopathy FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·July 23, 2025 … Continue reading

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FT suggestions today: Article to read free. Mental illness and Hope. This article is from New Atlas September 23rd 2024 but I suggest you read both. Uppsala University

Mental Health Tetris: The surprise therapy for PTSD flashbacks By Abhimanyu Ghoshal September 23, 2024 This classic video game from the 80s is good for more than just keeping you occupied Tom Tang / Unsplash View 2 Images A study conducted by … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Reflecting on Parents in Therapy Can Shift Childhood Memories

Reflecting on Parents in Therapy Can Shift Childhood Memories Featured Neuroscience Psychology October 12, 2024 Summary: New research suggests that reflecting on a parent in therapy can subtly alter how a person recalls feelings from childhood, even if the question is … Continue reading

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