Scientists speculate that trauma can cause long-term changes in stress hormones, immune function, and inflammation that may contribute to later cancer risk.

A consistent, caring adult during childhood can make a profound difference for child survivors of physical or sexual abuse.

A consistent, caring adult during childhood can make a profound difference for child survivors of physical or sexual abuse. That is the key finding of a new peer-reviewed study published in the ...

Psychological maltreatment of children is a form of abuse that can have lifelong effects, and doctors are reporting an ...

A Canadian study has found that adults who experienced severe childhood abuse, especially sexual abuse involving coercion or harm, were significantly more likely to report a cancer diagnosis later in ...

Physical and verbal abuse during childhood were each associated with a greater than 50% increase in likelihood of poor mental health during adulthood, with exposure to both types of abuse compounding ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

Toronto, ON – A new study published this week in Child Maltreatment found that in comparison to those who had not been abused in childhood, adults who had experienced both childhood physical and ...

Every child deserves to grow up in a safe, nurturing environment where they feel valued and protected. Yet, for many children, abuse and neglect remain harsh realities that can have long-term physical ...

When stories about child abuse appear in the news, they usually follow tragedy, after warning signs were missed or systems ...