Neuroscience: New approaches to childhood trauma and recovery

Neuroscience is coming up with new approaches to help children heal and recover after trauma.

By Joanne Black, Ruth Laugesen In Science

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25th August, 2012

In a grim case making its way through the courts in Wellington, jurors were warned that some of the eight children removed from their parents’ care for suspected cruelty and abuse would have to take frequent breaks when giving their evidence. A police officer gave evidence of a filthy, cluttered house and of rescuing an infant from a flea-infested cot. Because of cognitive impairment, some of the children could concentrate for only 15 minutes at a time. This case aside, a growing body of research has established that cognitive problems are part of the bitter harvest of child maltreatment. ...

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