October 2018 PMID 30192087

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms.

Rachel Yehuda, Amy Lehrner

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Peak: 3 in Sep 2019
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The discussions reflect a strong consensus on the significance of epigenetic mechanisms in transmitting trauma, exemplified by references to key studies, detailed explanations, and calls to explore the research further. The tone is inquisitive and supportive, emphasizing the potential for these findings to deepen understanding and influence societal responses.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the plausibility of trauma transmission through epigenetic mechanisms, referring to existing research and reviews as supportive evidence.

InterestHigh interest

Participants show high interest, mentioning multiple studies, figures like Yehuda and Lehrner, and specific research examples, indicating active engagement.

EngagementHigh engagement

Posts involve detailed references, sharing of research papers, and calls to understand the mechanisms, demonstrating deep engagement rather than superficial curiosity.

ImpactModerate impact

Although some posts highlight how this research could influence understandings of trauma, especially in contexts like historical trauma, the overall perceived immediate impact remains moderate.

Abstract in brief

  • This paper reviews research on how trauma effects can be passed across generations, emphasizing the potential role of epigenetic mechanisms, which are biological changes that influence gene activity without altering DNA sequence.
  • It discusses two main types of effects: one caused by early environmental influences on offspring, such as maternal care and prenatal stress, and another related to parental trauma occurring before conception that may affect germ cells and developmental interactions during pregnancy.
  • Most evidence comes from animal studies, which allow for controlled experiments, but human data are limited due to methodological challenges, making it difficult to definitively link trauma transmission to biological factors alone; ongoing research aims to better understand these complex processes.]

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neuro.social.self
@neurosocialself · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms | Rachel Yehuda and Amy Lehrner | lengthy NCBI paper | 2018 https://t.co/yY2h1qcb45 https://t.co/7c4HQnTD9J

Jan 31, 2022 · 9 likes · 3 shares · 9,109 followers View post →
Sturgeon's Law
@Sturgeons_Law · X

@ComradeX02 Here's a good recent review on this. The study of intergenerational trauma in general originated in studies of Jewish survivors, so there's a lot to cover there: https://t.co/cryuazcnHN

Jul 31, 2023 · 6 likes · 39,004 followers View post →
George Dawson
@dawso007 · X

Very interested in @EpgntxEinstein and @WiringTheBrain take on this article. Apologies if I missed it: https://t.co/OAWFAem2pO

Sep 13, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 7,819 followers View post →
shufflesdu
@shufflesdu · X

Epigenetics as a pathway for the transmission of Intergenerational trauma... Familiar territory for students of Dr Joy DeGruy

Sep 20, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 12,401 followers View post →
Jan Golverdingen ⚓
@JH_Golverdingen · X

@Beach_Roy33 Geen idee, en los v/h onderwerp, maar het lijkt steeds duidelijker dat DNA een grotere rol speelt dan jij suggereert. Er stapelt zich steeds meer bewijs op dat trauma's via generaties worden doorgegeven. Zoek het anders zelf op. https://t.co/54OMyFlRsa https://t.co/YYemdA4GI1

Nov 16, 2024 · 2 likes · 368 followers View post →
Wiley Clinical Health
@WileyHealth · X

This trending new article from World Psychiatry journal - Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of #epigenetic mechanisms - is FREE to read at https://t.co/zZPrWFSUo5 @WPA_Psychiatry https://t.co/AGzNt2Rxkx

May 13, 2019 · 1 like · 11,927 followers View post →

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Malume Sgege
@NhlanhlaNhlapo · X

RT @shufflesdu: Epigenetics as a pathway for the transmission of Intergenerational trauma... Familiar territory for students of Dr Joy DeGr…

Sep 20, 2025 · 2 shares · 27,948 followers View post →
Siseko Marwai
@marwai_siseko · X

RT @shufflesdu: Epigenetics as a pathway for the transmission of Intergenerational trauma... Familiar territory for students of Dr Joy DeGr…

Sep 20, 2025 · 2 shares · 312 followers View post →
shufflesdu
@shufflesdu · X

Epigenetics as a pathway for the transmission of Intergenerational trauma... Familiar territory for students of Dr Joy DeGruy

Sep 20, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 12,401 followers View post →
Omi.id
@AyomiKusumanin1 · X

apakah kesadaran diri cukup kuat untuk menyembuhkan trauma kolektif bangsa?

Aug 24, 2025 · 23 followers View post →
Junin Miline
@JuninMilin4 · X

@Hugo_Baup @solennelehen https://t.co/6N3JQJOvND, https://t.co/to6vzCUB3g, https://t.co/QhFO8CrpPS etc etc......

Jul 29, 2025 · 1 like · 19 followers View post →
capt_ad_hoc
@capt_ad_hoc · X

1. Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Effects: Putative Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms - https://t.co/qoqn87RItX

Jul 29, 2025 · 964 followers View post →
everliis
@everlyys · X

@StellarFox16 Anyone who doubts this, please see https://t.co/7lTUPT4tcv and https://t.co/MrvnxMJ1Sr and https://t.co/06pnp1g56o as well as https://t.co/upESY7JEBT

Mar 29, 2025 · 31 followers View post →
Rpogrammer
@siliziummm · X

@dhh This is the problem here. People are traumatized, because of the Nazi shame and so on. This leads to leftwing facism. Strange but true. Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/fFIP89mYrV

Jan 7, 2025 · 76 followers View post →
Jan Golverdingen ⚓
@JH_Golverdingen · X

@Beach_Roy33 Geen idee, en los v/h onderwerp, maar het lijkt steeds duidelijker dat DNA een grotere rol speelt dan jij suggereert. Er stapelt zich steeds meer bewijs op dat trauma's via generaties worden doorgegeven. Zoek het anders zelf op. https://t.co/54OMyFlRsa https://t.co/YYemdA4GI1

Nov 16, 2024 · 2 likes · 368 followers View post →
Didier Nuñez Villeda
@didier_nv · X

@estebanscu Ya vamos a mitad de camino … algo de eso hay “Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms” https://t.co/NHJEuOt4Yh

Aug 3, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 314 followers View post →
neuro.social.self
@neurosocialself · X

RT @neurosocialself: Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms | Rachel Yehuda and Amy Lehr…

May 29, 2024 · 3 shares · 9,109 followers View post →
The Rebellious Psychiatrist
@DrRebellious · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms The review the research evidence concerning the #intergenerational transmission of #trauma effects and the possible role of epigenetic mechanisms in this transmission @WPA_Psychiatry https://t.co/PMV2segPHS

Apr 29, 2024 · 10,130 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

RT @kabloemski: I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational tra…

Apr 13, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
Lila_Fo
@lovecats11111 · X

@etanadeeIL @FleurHassanN Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/NYPGuD1TyL

Mar 26, 2024 · 1 like · 199 followers View post →
Lila_Fo
@lovecats11111 · X

@Osint613 People who don't know what is intergenerational transmission of trauma, pls read the paper. Keep safe, and calm your family. Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/NYPGuD1TyL

Mar 19, 2024 · 199 followers View post →
Lila_Fo
@lovecats11111 · X

@MOSSADil People who don't know what is intergenerational transmission of trauma, pls read the paper. Keep safe, and calm your family. Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/NYPGuD1TyL

Mar 19, 2024 · 199 followers View post →
S
@AIMchatroom · X

@taylormatt66094 That could actually totally be it- it’s said generational trauma can be passed via generations for many reasons but this is an article I’ve seen sighted a decent amount in my personal research you may find interesting https://t.co/tFq1ZfOByI

Feb 3, 2024 · 1 like · 133 followers View post →
Bob Whittaker
@BobWhittaker1 · X

@ellymelly Check the research. You have absolutely no idea what you're on about. There is now converging evidence supporting the idea that offspring are affected by parental trauma exposures occurring before their birth, and possibly even prior to their conception. - https://t.co/pERCY77pCm

Jan 26, 2024 · 194 followers View post →
☆StarWaterEnergy
@StarWaterEnergy · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms. https://t.co/waXBbqFp81

Dec 21, 2023 · 686 followers View post →
Sturgeon's Law
@Sturgeons_Law · X

@ComradeX02 Here's a good recent review on this. The study of intergenerational trauma in general originated in studies of Jewish survivors, so there's a lot to cover there: https://t.co/cryuazcnHN

Jul 31, 2023 · 6 likes · 39,004 followers View post →
Nancethebear
@nancethebear · X

RT @unsc1325: @nancethebear You may find this of interest. Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic m…

Dec 7, 2022 · 1 share · 681 followers View post →
Dave Talltree, son of Wymo. Leilani is the ʻīlio.
@unsc1325 · X

@nancethebear You may find this of interest. Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/v3lYIkgOQs

Dec 7, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 828 followers View post →
Jack Loomes
@Jack_Loomes_ · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms. In plain English our DNA may be capable of passing on trauma. https://t.co/xM87Eyn7MH

Nov 21, 2022 · 47 followers View post →
nada que selebrar
@desselebrada · X

@manuelfherrador @Rocigaot @mascoria Dos conceptos: las mitocondrias se heredan de la madre y hay herencia del trauma entre generaciones o por lo menos así se teoriza (epigenética) https://t.co/WMjuRrwfTv

Sep 5, 2022 · 1 like · 9,422 followers View post →
ME
@ettefagh_maryam · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/7HvjpSOdPE

Jul 16, 2022 · 1 like · 133 followers View post →
Jaan Pill
@JaanPill · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms https://t.co/uZg8J4FRUA

Apr 17, 2022 · 1,947 followers View post →
Fiona Lichtblau
@FionaLichtblau · X

RT @neurosocialself: Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms | Rachel Yehuda and Amy Lehr…

Feb 3, 2022 · 3 shares · 2,839 followers View post →
neuro.social.self
@neurosocialself · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms | Rachel Yehuda and Amy Lehrner | lengthy NCBI paper | 2018 https://t.co/yY2h1qcb45 https://t.co/7c4HQnTD9J

Jan 31, 2022 · 9 likes · 3 shares · 9,109 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

RT @kabloemski: I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational tra…

Jan 9, 2022 · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
The Aegean Society
@aegeansociety · X

Yehuda, R., & Lehrner, A. (2018). Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms. World Psychiatry, 17(3), 243-257. Schützenberger, A. A. (2015). Psychogénéalogie: guérir les blessures familiales et se retrouver soi. Éditions Payot. https://t.co/LJ3BrQwbv6

Oct 8, 2021 · 462 followers View post →
Gregorio Segovia
@segoviag969 · X

@juezredd @xthemisandristx En esta otra revisión se describen (al final) más estudios en roedores que demuestran transmisión transgeneracional (hasta segunda generación) de modificaciones del comportamiento y la regulación del estrés vía modificaciones epigenéticas en el esperma. https://t.co/TRFxHKHhyu

Oct 6, 2021 · 1 like · 4,166 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

RT @kabloemski: I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational tra…

Sep 28, 2021 · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
IrionIke
@IkeIrion · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms - Yehuda - 2018 - World Psychiatry - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/jal0hou1Ec

Jul 13, 2021 · 104 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

RT @kabloemski: I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational tra…

Jul 7, 2021 · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

RT @kabloemski: I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational tra…

Jun 22, 2021 · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
Karen Asmussen
@ckasmussen · X

@scarlettrfranks https://t.co/QRsqqCe7kb Not as encouraging but good background: https://t.co/azTSToxK8l And this: https://t.co/PLHLVGC5id

Nov 27, 2020 · 251 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

RT @kabloemski: I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational tra…

Oct 29, 2020 · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
Karen Anne Bloem
@kabloemski · X

I Think This Must Apply to South Africa https://t.co/PrOgY5g0m9 Trans- / Intergenerational Trauma ‘Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms’ https://t.co/iJFsAUQ6VX

Oct 28, 2020 · 1 like · 6 shares · 2,943 followers View post →
Dr. Kylalalala
@kylalala9 · X

Taking a break from COVID research to read this. @enniscath any recommendations? Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Effects: Putative Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms https://t.co/CBYtH3hnL1

Jun 1, 2020 · 316 followers View post →
David Forestier
@FLPollwatcher · X

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms. @karenhunter Presently, there are discussions abt impact of historical events such as colonization, slavery & displacement trauma in many cultures. https://t.co/I7HLVaAUqm

Sep 15, 2019 · 636 followers View post →
Dr. Daniel J. Winarick
@DrWinarick · X

RT @dawso007: Very interested in @EpgntxEinstein and @WiringTheBrain take on this article. Apologies if I missed it: https://t.co/OAWFAem2…

Sep 13, 2019 · 1 share · 11,118 followers View post →
George Dawson
@dawso007 · X

Very interested in @EpgntxEinstein and @WiringTheBrain take on this article. Apologies if I missed it: https://t.co/OAWFAem2pO

Sep 13, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 7,819 followers View post →
Wiley Clinical Health
@WileyHealth · X

This trending new article from World Psychiatry journal - Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of #epigenetic mechanisms - is FREE to read at https://t.co/zZPrWFSUo5 @WPA_Psychiatry https://t.co/AGzNt2Rxkx

May 13, 2019 · 1 like · 11,927 followers View post →