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·January 8, 2025·5 min read

Over Half of College Students Affected by Others’ Drinking

Over half of U.S. college students experience harm caused by others' drinking, highlighting the widespread impact of alcohol misuse on campuses. These harms range from babysitting intoxicated peers to experiencing verbal abuse, emotional distress, or even physical assaults.

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·April 11, 2023·3 min read

Study Finds Metabolic Alterations Related to Abuse

Depressed adolescents with a history of physical or sexual abuse had metabolites related to oxidative stress and transsulfuration. Both transsulfuration and oxidative stress regulate each other's functions and are associated with inflammation.

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·September 14, 2022·4 min read

Past History of Abuse Leads to Worse Menopause Symptoms

Women who have experienced physical, sexual, or financial abuse face worse menopause symptoms and poorer well-being two decades later.

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·July 18, 2022·5 min read

Verbal Insults Trigger a ‘Mini Slap to the Face’

EEG and skin conductance studies reveal verbal insults elicit strong P2 effects in brain waves, increasing sensitivity in the brain to negative words. Verbal insults trigger a cascade of consecutive and overlapping processing effects, and different parts of the cascade may be differently affected by repetition, resulting in a consistently strong emotional response over time.

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·December 9, 2021·5 min read

Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Angry Rhetoric

Researchers say there may be a link between eating an unhealthy diet and anger control.

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·December 4, 2021·5 min read

What Is Complex PTSD and How Does It Relate to Past Abuse and Trauma?

Complex PTSD (c-PTSD) occurs as a result of exposure to repeated and prolonged trauma, and affects up to 7.3% of the population. Researchers discuss how c-PTSD differs from PTSD, and provide insight on how the disorder can be treated.

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·October 27, 2021·5 min read

Brain Connectivity Is Lower in Adults With PTSD or a History of Sexual Abuse

People who experienced sexual abuse or suffer from PTSD have reduced connectivity in the ventral and dorsal attention network (VAN-DAN network) compared to those with no history of abuse or PTSD.

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·August 28, 2021·4 min read

Abusive Messages From a Partner Increase the Likelihood of Experiencing Mental Illness and Suicidal Thoughts

People who receive threatening or obscene text messages and other communications from current or former partners are more likely to experience mental health problems including depression and anxiety, and have an increased risk of suicidal thoughts.

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·May 29, 2021·6 min read

Horror Films as a Reimagined Space for Healing

A new study reports certain horror movies, such as the Halloween series, focus on the cycles of trauma and how it connects to the experience of survivors. Researchers say how the movies deal with trauma is indicative of how trauma is treated in the real-world setting, where the experience is often not acknowledged by others and victims are provided limited support for healing.

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·October 14, 2020·4 min read

Maltreatment Tied to Higher Inflammation in Girls

Girls who are abused in early life have higher levels of inflammation than boys who are maltreated and other children who did not experience abuse.

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·October 21, 2019·4 min read

How stress and mother’s abuse affects infant brain

Early life stress alone impairs hippocampal development. Stress, in addition to maternal mistreatment within the first few weeks of life, also hinders amygdala development.

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·September 27, 2019·4 min read

Abused or neglected children are four times more likely to develop serious mental illness

Adults who were maltreated as children have an increased risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and anxiety than their peers who were not abused.

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abuse

Over Half of College Students Affected by Others’ Drinking

Study Finds Metabolic Alterations Related to Abuse

Past History of Abuse Leads to Worse Menopause Symptoms

Verbal Insults Trigger a ‘Mini Slap to the Face’

Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Angry Rhetoric

What Is Complex PTSD and How Does It Relate to Past Abuse and Trauma?

Brain Connectivity Is Lower in Adults With PTSD or a History of Sexual Abuse

Abusive Messages From a Partner Increase the Likelihood of Experiencing Mental Illness and Suicidal Thoughts

Horror Films as a Reimagined Space for Healing

Maltreatment Tied to Higher Inflammation in Girls

How stress and mother’s abuse affects infant brain

Abused or neglected children are four times more likely to develop serious mental illness

Mapping the Short-Term Plasticity of Working Memory

Closing Your Eyes Could Muffle Your Hearing

Mapping Gene Activity in the Living Human Brain

Brain’s Clogged Pipes: A Surprising New Link to Hallucinations

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