For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

The cumulative science linking stress to negative health outcomes is vast. Stress can affect
health directly, through autonomic and neuroendocrine responses, but also indirectly …

Objective This meta-review aimed to present all available quantitative pooled estimates for
the associations between psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes using a …

Abstract Changes in levels of the stress-sensitive hormone cortisol from morning to evening
are referred to as diurnal cortisol slopes. Flatter diurnal cortisol slopes have been proposed …

The analysis of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) is a relatively new strategy to measure
long-term cumulative cortisol levels, which is increasingly used in …

Controversy exists over the role of stress and depression in the pathophysiology of type 2
diabetes mellitus. Depression has been shown to increase the risk for progressive insulin …

For the last five decades, science has managed to delineate the mechanisms by which
stress hormones can impact on the human brain. Receptors for glucocorticoids are found in …

The cortisol awakening response (CAR), the marked increase in cortisol secretion over the
first 30–45 min after morning awakening, has been related to a wide range of psychosocial …

Objectives Burnout is a state of exhaustion resulting from prolonged and excessive
workplace stress. We sought to examine biological underpinnings of burnout, focussing on …

Whether burnout is a form of depression or a distinct phenomenon is an object of
controversy. The aim of the present article was to provide an up-to-date review of the …