Childhood Stress

Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart on Tuesday and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Stress plagues numerous teenagers around the country. Academics, family, friendships, all add to it. Here are the top causes of this stress, and how the child and the parents can overcome it.

This study supports a wider body of literature which suggests that depression may develop from an interesting yet complex interaction between biological and psychological processes

Excessive stress during fetal development or early childhood can have long-term consequences for the brain, from increasing the likelihood of brain disorders and affecting an individual's response to stress as an adult.

Motherhood isn't always what it's cracked up to be.

Although unwanted and problematic at any age, vision problems and eye disorders may emerge at the tender age of school children which is downright dangerous as it may obstruct their learning abilities, cause personality disorders, increase stress and affect performance in school.

According to a new study, having a dog at home provides the adequate social support to a child who may be going through a stressful experience.

The developing heart in an embryo can be damaged by the cellular stress triggered from oxygen deficiency -- thereby leading to development of childhood heart disease, a study has revealed for the first time.

According to a new study, persistent psychological stress during childhood can lead to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes into adulthood.

One of the latest studies noted how parents stress can even trickle down to the children and cause long-term damage to their overall development.

Stress from serious events in first 14 years of life may be risk factor and one trigger for disease, finds Swedish study of 10,000 families.

We know that high levels of stress can cause emotional and mental damage but this latest study shows how stress in mothers can cause obesity in their unborn child.According to the research, taking stress during pregnancy can affect health of the kid when...

New research hints that physical abuse suffered during childhood may increase the risk for osteoarthritis - the wear-and-tear form of arthritis.

Traumatic childhood could contribute to ill health and having a stressful childhood may slash decades off a person's life.

Those exposed to psychological disturbances like parental divorce, abuse and other hardships during childhood start drinking at a young age.

Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart on Tuesday and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Stress plagues numerous teenagers around the country. Academics, family, friendships, all add to it. Here are the top causes of this stress, and how the child and the parents can overcome it.

This study supports a wider body of literature which suggests that depression may develop from an interesting yet complex interaction between biological and psychological processes

Excessive stress during fetal development or early childhood can have long-term consequences for the brain, from increasing the likelihood of brain disorders and affecting an individual's response to stress as an adult.

Motherhood isn't always what it's cracked up to be.

Although unwanted and problematic at any age, vision problems and eye disorders may emerge at the tender age of school children which is downright dangerous as it may obstruct their learning abilities, cause personality disorders, increase stress and affect performance in school.

According to a new study, having a dog at home provides the adequate social support to a child who may be going through a stressful experience.

The developing heart in an embryo can be damaged by the cellular stress triggered from oxygen deficiency -- thereby leading to development of childhood heart disease, a study has revealed for the first time.

According to a new study, persistent psychological stress during childhood can lead to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes into adulthood.

One of the latest studies noted how parents stress can even trickle down to the children and cause long-term damage to their overall development.

Stress from serious events in first 14 years of life may be risk factor and one trigger for disease, finds Swedish study of 10,000 families.

We know that high levels of stress can cause emotional and mental damage but this latest study shows how stress in mothers can cause obesity in their unborn child.According to the research, taking stress during pregnancy can affect health of the kid when...

New research hints that physical abuse suffered during childhood may increase the risk for osteoarthritis - the wear-and-tear form of arthritis.

Traumatic childhood could contribute to ill health and having a stressful childhood may slash decades off a person's life.

Those exposed to psychological disturbances like parental divorce, abuse and other hardships during childhood start drinking at a young age.