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Severe stress can damage a child’s brain, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. The scientists observed that children with post-traumatic stress disorder and high levels of the stress hormone cortisol were likely to experience a decrease in the size of the hippocampus - a brain structure important in memory processing and emotion……..

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Severe stress can damage a child’s brain, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. The scientists observed that children with post-traumatic stress disorder and high levels of the stress hormone cortisol were likely to experience a decrease in the size of the hippocampus - a brain structure important in memory processing and emotion……..

Original post by Health news from medicineworld.org