By age 16, almost two‐thirds of kids have experienced trauma, such as abuse, neglect, natural disasters or sudden loss of a loved one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The statistics are scary. The number of kids requiring hospital treatment each year for physical assault-related injuries can fill every seat in nine stadiums. And 19 percent of those injured kids ...

Trauma is never the same for everyone. People have different ways to deal with trauma whether it is finding comfort in others ...

A school shooting in Wisconsin has left a teacher and student dead, with six others injured. Dr. Scott Hadland, the chief of adolescent medicine at Mass General for Children, discusses the widespread ...

When a child is hospitalized, it's often one of the most stressful things their family has ever faced. These strategies can ...

Sandy Hook counselors explain how communities should respond and prepare. This is a MedPage Today story. Three days after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, social worker and child ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In an effort to make support and care accessible for people living with childhood trauma, Lincoln child advocacy center BraveBe is implementing a decades-old online assessment ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — An ongoing study from the University at Buffalo is exploring the challenges that children with special health care needs face when going to the ER ...

There’s no debating that family movies of the ’80s were built differently. Sure, they looked bright and colorful on the outside with mascots that kids would fall in love with (looking at you Falkor), ...

Psychological trauma (referred to as "trauma" in the rest of this post for simplicity) is complex and pervasive, significantly affecting individuals emotionally, mentally, and physically. Since its ...

Dr. Rochelle Hanson, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, stands in front of the the National Crime Victims Research & ...