The American Psychological Association defines trauma as a disturbing experience that results in significant fear, helplessness, or other disruptive feelings intense enough to have long-lasting ...

People who have experienced traumatic events in childhood such as abuse, neglect or household dysfunction may be more likely to experience headache disorders as adults, according to a meta-analysis.

Almost everyone has been through a stressful event in his or her life. When the event, or series of events, causes a lot of stress, it is called a traumatic event. Traumatic events are marked by a ...

Psychological trauma is a response to an event that a person finds highly stressful. Examples include being in a war zone, a natural disaster, or an accident. Trauma can cause a wide range of physical ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was a collective trauma for everyone – filled with grief, confusion and frustration. Although we have made great strides in treating and preventing COVID, for many, the trauma ...

Some 42% of Australians experience a traumatic event before turning 18—and it affects their health decades later. Our study, released today, analyzed data from 15,893 Australians aged 16–85, collected ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is a mental health disorder that may develop following a traumatic event in which a person is exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office has a new program to help children, of all ages, through traumatic events. Their new pilot program, Handle with Care, is geared towards ...

New research has found that, in people with PTSD, the brain processes traumatic personal memories differently from sad ones, activating a region of the brain normally associated with things like ...