Childhood trauma has long been known to raise a child’s odds of developing depression and addiction later on. Now, a small but intriguing new study links these risks to specific changes in the brain, ...

Sobriety didn’t restore the old version of me; it allowed me to build a new one from the driftwood of the past,” ...

It is always a bit shocking to realize how many patients with addiction have been traumatized. I made my usual rounds this morning and there were several patients who had suffered severe trauma as ...

People with addiction are addicted to changing the way that they feel. Both drugs of abuse and addictive behaviors reliably and predictably change the way a person feels by stimulating the reward ...

Psychedelics have been shown to disrupt the way people who are distressed think, and allow them to break out of depressive thought patterns.

AUSTIN ― U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, was still in his 20s when the trauma came for him. Alcoholism, ...

Chantel Chapman of The Trauma of Money Institute coaches professionals to take a trauma-sensitive approach to finance ...

Getting immediate treatment with a nasal spray could be a game-changer for athletes and other people who suffer traumatic brain injuries. This may become a possibility, according to new research from ...