Environmental challenges are part of daily life for any individual. In fact, stress appears to be
increasingly present in our modern, and demanding, industrialized society. Virtually every …

Stress causes or contributes to a huge variety of diseases and disorders. Recent evidence
suggests obesity and other eating-related disorders may be among these. Immediately after …

A wealth of research over the past 2 decades has expanded our understanding of the impact
of early‐life adversity on physiological function and, consequently, health and wellbeing in …

Early life stress (ELS) developmental effects have been widely studied by preclinical
researchers. Despite the growing body of evidence from ELS models, such as the maternal …

Early life stress (ELS) and function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis predict later
psychopathology. Animal studies and cross-sectional human studies suggest that this …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

The science of genetics is undergoing a paradigm shift. Recent discoveries, including the
activity of retrotransposons, the extent of copy number variations, somatic and chromosomal …

A growing literature suggests that the oxytocin (OT) system may play a role in human anxiety
states, anxiety-related traits, and moreover, that this system may be a target for the …

Objectives: The main aims of this paper are to review and evaluate the neurobiology of the
depressive syndrome from a neurodevelopmental perspective. Methods: An English …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and
polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) that bioaccumulate in lipid‐rich tissues are of …