Attachment and Neurodevelopment Laboratory

Assessing the problem of drug addiction requires a deeper look into early life trauma. Our new review paper in Frontiers in Psychiatry gives an overview of the topic.

Pathways Relating the Neurobiology of Attachment to Drug Addiction Substance use disorders constitute a significant public health problem in North America and worldwide. Specifically, substance addictions in women during pregnancy or in the postpartum period have adverse effects not only on the mother, but also on mother-infant attachment and the child’s subseque...

Unresolved trauma can have a profound influence on parenting. Is there a way back?

Unresolved Trauma and Reorganization in Mothers: Attachment and Neuroscience Perspectives The onset of motherhood is characterized by significant psychological and neurobiological changes. These changes equip the mother to care for her new child. Although rewarding, motherhood is also an inherently stressful period, more so for mothers with unresolved trauma. Past research has looked at....