Intergenerational trauma is where the psychological effects of painful events are passed on in families. A psychotherapist shared five signs you might be experiencing intergenerational trauma.

Intergenerational trauma is a theory that trauma experienced by one person in a family can be passed down to future generations. Sometimes called historical trauma or multigenerational trauma, it can ...

Childhood abuse, one of the most commonly reported traumatic exposures in the United States, does not merely leave psychological scars. A growing body of postmortem brain studies and clinical ...

Woven throughout most of this newsletter is the understanding that our past informs our present. It shows up in the choices we make, our relationships, our work. No corner of our lives goes untouched ...

Today’s women are navigating a complex intersection of tradition, aspiration and change. Many carry emotional roles inherited from earlier generations while also breaking new ground in education, work ...

Intergenerational trauma profoundly shapes the health and well-being of migrant and refugee populations across Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly among women and children. This MERHG ...

After 13 years of working as a psychiatrist, first in northern California, and later New Zealand, I moved to Kayenta, a small community in a remote part of the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona.

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