A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified brain regions that play a role in the development of childhood anxiety. Read Summary >
It's a popular notion that young children "bounce back" from exposure to disaster and trauma better than adults, but a new study has found that this is not the case. Read Summary >
According to a new study of New York City preschoolers, children whose mother struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center were more likely to have behavioral problem than children whose mothers coped more easily with the attacks. Read Summary >
A team of researchers from Yale University has found that the risk of a child of an alcoholic parent developing a psychiatric illness in later life depends, in part, on the child's gender and on which parent--mother or father--had the drinking problem. Read Summary >
According to a new small study, the so-called "club drug" Ecstasy may make psychotherapy more effective for people who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read Summary >
Swedish researchers say the method a person uses to attempt suicide may help predict his or her chances of completing a suicide in the future. Read Summary >
