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.

Source: The Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies / Public Domain This is part 3 of a three-part interview. Read parts 1 and 2. Large swaths of populations, including Americans, are ...

As a mental health professional, it is my obligation to comprehend how traumatic experiences can manifest and impact my clients' overall well-being. Trauma can have a profound impact on our bodies and ...

Childhood trauma can cause depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, and more. Trauma’s effects can continue influencing a person’s feelings, health, and behaviors as an ...

Childhood trauma usually refers to severe adverse childhood experiences (or ACEs). These ACEs, or traumatic events, are dangerous, scary, or violent occurrences that threaten a child’s well-being, ...

Concept of military sexual assault illustrated by three silhouettes against a dark wall, faint overlay of American flag beneath. To assess how military sexual trauma affects survivors’ mental health, ...

TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...

Neuroepigenetics researcher Isabelle Mansuy investigates how life life experiences and environmental factors can shape not only us, but also our descendants. Isabelle Mansuy’s neuroepigenetics lab ...

Workplace trauma is an issue contemporary leaders must increasingly address, and with care and expertise. Research shows that unresolved childhood trauma has a significant impact on how adults respond ...

A new study from the University of California San Diego suggests that climate trauma—such as experiencing a devastating wildfire—can have lasting effects on cognitive function. The research, which ...