Trauma's epigenetic fingerprint observed in children of Holocaust survivors
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 14:31
in Psychology & Sociology
The children of traumatized people have long been known to be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder, and mood and anxiety disorders. However, according to researchers, there are very few opportunities to examine biologic alterations in the context of a watershed trauma in exposed people and their adult children born after the event.