The statistics are scary. The number of kids requiring hospital treatment each year for physical assault-related injuries can fill every seat in nine stadiums. And 19 percent of those injured kids ...

Dr. Rochelle Hanson, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, stands in front of the the National Crime Victims Research & ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – A trend on social media has parents asking their kids to finish sentences for toxic phrases their own parents used to say to them, with the hopes that the kids don’t know the original ...

Those who have experienced childhood trauma know all too well that the impact is long-lasting. It doesn't just disappear when you grow up, move away from home, and start a life and family of your own.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Studies estimate that up to 90% of children in foster care have experienced trauma, ...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been invoked to help explain many aspects of human behavior, including violence. The April 2 shooting at Fort Hood in Texas that left three dead and sixteen ...

Vigilance, honesty, emotional intelligence and faith all play critical roles in healing from the long-term trauma of violent attacks, two Catholic psychologists told OSV News. The Sept. 10 targeted ...

The traumatic toll of the L.A.-area fires on children cannot be underestimated, child development experts say. Children are experiencing meltdowns, sleep issues and separation anxiety. Parents play an ...