Month: March 2013

Painful experiences early in life can alter the brain in lasting ways. A difficult reality for psychiatrists and counselors of child abuse is that young victims are at high risk of becoming offenders themselves one day, although it’s unclear why. But now a team of behavioral geneticists in Switzerland report a possible reason: early psychological…
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Symptoms, Treatment & Recovery Emotional and psychological trauma is far more common than most people realise. You don’t have to live in a war zone, get raped or assaulted to experience emotional and psychological trauma. Most of us have experienced some degree of emotional and psychological trauma during childhood. Maybe it was the school bully…
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