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ReviewMed (New York, N.Y.)2025

Molecular insights into trauma: A framework of epigenetic pathways to resilience through intervention.

Sarah M Merrill, Chaini Konwar, Zaid Fraihat, Justin Parent, Rana Dajani

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Review in Med (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Doing Science With Our Grandmother's WISDOM: A Worldview Integrating Sociality, Diversity, and Observant Meaning-Making.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sarah M MerrillDepartment of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA. Electronic address: sarah_merrill@uml.edu.
Chaini KonwarBC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Zaid FraihatSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Justin ParentDepartment of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA; Department of Psychology, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA; Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI, USA.
Rana DajaniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. Electronic address: rdajani@hu.edu.jo.

Funding

Youth suicide risk: interplay of sleep behavior and circadian timing with self-critical rumination and self- reassuranceP20GM139743 · NIGMS · EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOSPITAL · PI Mary A Carskadon · 2021 to 2026
$13.0M
Epigenomic mechanisms of risk and resilience: The role of parentingR01MD015401 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI PARENT, JUSTIN · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NICHD NIH HHS L40 HD103048NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139743NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD015401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Experiences of complex trauma and adversity, especially for children, are ongoing global crises necessitating adaptation. Bioadaptability to adversity and its health consequences emphasizes the dynamism of adaptation to trauma and the potential for research to inform intervention strategies. Epigenetic variability, particularly DNA methylation, associates with chronic adversity while allowing for resilience and adaptability. Epigenetics, including age- and site-specific changes in DNA methylation, gene-environment interactions, pharmacological responses, and biomarker characterization and evaluation, may aid in understanding trauma responses and promoting well-being by facilitating psychological and biological adaptation. Understanding these molecular processes provides a foundation for a biologically adaptive framework to shift public health strategies from restorative to long-term adaptation and resilience. Psychological, cultural, and biological trauma must be addressed in innovative interventions for vulnerable populations, particularly children and adolescents. Understanding molecular changes may provide a biopsychosocial perspective for culturally sensitive, evidence-based interventions that promote resilience and thriving in new settings.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticResilience, PsychologicalStress, PsychologicalAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentChildDNA MethylationGene-Environment InteractionHumansadaptationbiologically adaptive frameworkDNA methylationepigeneticsinterventionmolecular plasticityprofound stresstrauma

Identifiers

PMID39708797
PMCPMC13363380

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