BELLOWS FALLS — Come see a sneak peek of "Uprooting Addiction," a documentary film and discussion which explores the connection between childhood trauma and addiction through personal stories and ...

Experiencing multiple childhood traumas doesn't just increase the risk of a single addiction. A new study suggests it creates ...

Childhood trauma does not inevitably lead to poor outcomes in adulthood, new research from UNSW Sydney has found—and many ...

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, ...

October 20, 2011 — Both genetic and childhood environmental factors can increase the risk of developing later nicotine dependence (ND), according to new research. In a multisite study of more than ...

This article was originally published by Uncloseted Media.This story was produced with the support of MISTR, a telehealth ...

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 ...

Most people don’t end up in prison because they’re dangerous. They end up there because they’re unhealed, unsupported, and trying to survive.

Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...

According to an article in Scientific American magazine more than 40 percent of people with opioid addiction reported some type of childhood abuse or neglect, much higher than the rate for the general ...

These days, it seems like more and more people are talking about "unresolved childhood trauma," and what that can look like in adulthood. For Dr. Robyn Koslowitz, licensed school psychologist, ...