Brevard County's new Special Victims Unit aims to reduce the psychological toll on victims of abuse and violence.

A powerful story of survival shows how listening, safety, and understanding help restore the lives of those shaped by early ...

No one walks through trauma untouched. Even when you tell yourself you’ll rise above it, outgrow it, or break the cycle—it has a way of rewiring your emotional responses in ways you never saw coming.

If trauma isn’t the event, the memory, or the reaction, what is it? Here's a clearer, more hopeful way to understand healing.

Trauma and stress can stay in the body long after one's mind has moved on from an incident, mental health experts said.

Learn how community violence affects neighborhoods and the role of money and opportunity in breaking the cycle of trauma and ...

You probably think your hair is just sitting there looking pretty (or not so pretty on bad hair days), but it’s actually functioning as a biological record keeper, documenting every major emotional ...

The following is an adapted extract from Leader Awakened: Why Accepting Adversity Drives Power and Freedom by Samreen McGregor. (Publisher: Rethink Press.) When we face a horrific situation and we are ...

Emotional wounds from past experiences might seem confined to your mental landscape, but medical research increasingly confirms what many health practitioners have long suspected: the burden of ...

Trauma bonding is a strong emotional attachment formed through pain and affection. It can make unhealthy relationships feel ...

People who have experienced chronic stress or trauma often report feeling unlucky or doomed. This isn’t superstition; it’s a ...