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Exposure to Trauma Can Affect Brain Function in Healthy People Several Years After Event; May Increase Susceptibility to Mental Health Problems in the Future
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Children affected by parents' behavior after trauma
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Coping with unfathomable incest, abuse
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Bullying in childhood can damage young adults
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Sex Differences in Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Quantitative Review of 25 Years of Research
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A Descriptive Epidemiology of Lifetime Trauma and the Physical Health Status of Older Adults
(December 2004)

Trauma Films, Information Processing, and Intrusive Memory Development
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