If you have ancestors or older relatives who went through a very distressing or oppressive event, their emotional and behavioral reactions could ripple through the generations of your family and ...

Trauma is an experience so harrowing that it can alter our gene expression — and in some cases, these changes can be passed down to future generations. But if the traumas experienced by our parents, ...

Featuring Radha Agrawal, Charles Vogl, Dr. Iva Greywolf, and Dr. Robert Anda advancing dialogue on ACEs, community, and ...

Trauma creates overwhelming feelings of vulnerability and helplessness that cannot be cognitively processed into a meaningful and integrated narrative (Horowitz, 1982; Bromberg, 1998).

Intergenerational trauma is where the psychological effects of painful events are passed on in families. A psychotherapist shared five signs you might be experiencing intergenerational trauma.

Public unrest is straining mental health nationwide, especially in BIPOC communities, as culturally responsive and decolonizing therapy approaches gain ground.

Generational trauma occurs when parents unintentionally pass their trauma down to their kids. Generational trauma can affect multiple generations over the course of hundreds of years. Learning to ...

Government data show that approximately 7.2 million women in the United States have substance use disorders (SUDs) and almost 20 million reported illicit substance use in the past year. New research ...

Trauma does not always end with the person who experiences it. Recent cutting-edge studies show that extreme stress can leave biochemical 'sticky notes' on our DNA. These tiny epigenetic tweaks not ...