A recent article in Time magazine entitled, “Why Your DNA isn’t Your Destiny,” (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951968,00.html ) profiles a new science called epigenetics. As a therapist, I very am very often helping my clients to understand their experience of life within the context of nature and nurture. This is a fascinating article that raises many questions with …Read More
Gene Linked to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dec 1, 2009
A new study published in the March 2008 Journal of the American Medical Association reports that early childhood trauma, such as child abuse, influences specific variations in a stress-related gene. Researchers at Emory University found that this interaction significantly increased the possibility that adult survivors of abuse would go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder …Read More