In the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, orphanages and foundling homes had shockingly high mortality rates. For example, the Dusseldorf nursery—a well funded, clean, and 'scientific' ...

When mouse pups experience early life adversity from lack of resources and unstable maternal care, increased stress hormone signaling leads to health and behavioral issues.

Attachment styles are a popular way to understand how people experience relationships and why they might struggle to be vulnerable with loved ones. They're a popular topic of conversation — in online ...

National statistics show that there is a marked increase in risky behaviors, such as substance use and risky sex, when students enter college (Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009). In order to explain ...

Yulia Abramova’s work exemplifies the next evolution of psychotherapy — one that bridges science and soul, mind and body, East and West. Her Generative Attachment Model not only redefines trauma ...

A recent multi-university study involving Stanford researchers found that the presence of the oxytocin hormone receptor is not needed for prairie voles to exhibit social attachment behavior, a species ...