Childhood adversity, encompassing experiences such as emotional and physical abuse, neglect, and witnessing intimate partner violence, has long been recognized as a major public health problem, ...

Early-life adversity should accelerate development, resulting in earlier pubertal maturation than would otherwise be expected ...

Adversity early in life can have permanent health consequences for people - even if their circumstances improve dramatically later on. Scientists use a cumulative adversity index, or CAI, which ...

Among people in treatment for alcohol dependence, the severity of withdrawal symptoms during early alcohol abstinence may be affected by the life adversity they have experienced, a small study ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that children exposed to elevated levels of early life adversity (ELA) exhibit an accelerated pattern of brain development during the preschool years. When ...

How resilient are you? We’ve been thinking about all that has gone on in the world in the last few years and is still going on today. That got us reflecting about our parents and ancestors. They ...

Early experiences in an animal's life can have a significant impact on its capacity to thrive, even years or decades later, and DNA methylation may help record their effects. In a study of 256 wild ...

SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Adverse experiences in early life are emerging as major risk factors for numerous mental and physical illnesses across lifespan ...

Adverse environmental conditions, especially early in life, can have long-term effects on an animal’s health and survival. For example, in rhesus monkeys, infants who are separated from their mothers ...