Intergenerational trauma occurs when multiple generations of a family feel the effects of past traumatic events. These effects can be emotional or physical. Traumatic events can influence a person’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Intergenerational and historical trauma courses through the offspring in a family, surfacing in descendants throughout decades, ...

Intergenerational trauma is the theory that trauma can be inherited because there are genetic changes in a person’s DNA. The changes from trauma do not damage the gene (genetic change). Instead, they ...

Have you ever wondered what long-term impact significant historical events have on future generations? Particularly for those whose ancestors suffered from atrocities like the Holocaust, slavery, or ...

Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is a crime which affects all aspects of victims/survivors’ lives, with consequences which are far reaching and long-lasting. CRSV may cause physical and ...

"And though my parents took us far away from the site of their grief… certain shadows stretched far, casting a gray stillness over our childhood… hinting at a darkness we did not understand but could ...

“It was a horrible time,” she told UCA News. “I still have nightmares.” Half a century on, many of Cambodia's survivors still carry the emotional and physical scars of war. And although the median age ...