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Feb 8, 20212 min read

Beyond Childhood Adversity

It's well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental illness, but according to new research from the...

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Jul 1, 20203 min read

Trauma: Distance Matters

The human brain operates on many levels. When we consider things which are distant in time, space or intimacy the rational brain tends...

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Sep 23, 20193 min read

Being There for Young People

Studies over the past 20 years have found a correlation between the number of adverse childhood events (such as death or divorce) and...

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Apr 13, 20192 min read

Childhood Trauma and Depression

A study lead by Penn Medicine researchers found that childhood trauma is linked to abnormal connectivity in the brain in adults with...

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Apr 8, 20192 min read

Poverty Written into Your Genes?

A new Northwestern University study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at...

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Nov 29, 20182 min read

Parietal Brain Protects Kids from Neighborhood Violence Stresses

Neighborhood violence has been associated with adverse health effects on youth, including sleep loss, asthma and metabolic syndrome. Yet...

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Nov 5, 20183 min read

Adversity: Growing Up Fast

In previous blog entries I shared research that showed that children and young people who were exposed to childhood trauma demonstrated...

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Nov 5, 20183 min read

Three New Types of Depression Identified

According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and these rates are on the rise....

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