Each year, more than half a billion people in the world are affected by stress-related health
disorders. Consequently, there is an urgent need for new insights to guide interventions …

Stress inoculation entails intermittent exposure to mildly stressful situations that present
opportunities to learn, practice and improve coping in the context of exposure …

Retrospective correlational studies of humans suggest that moderate but not minimal or
substantial early life stress exposure promotes the development of stress inoculation …

The negative consequences of stress are well‐recognized in mental health research.
Exposure to early life stressors, for example, increases the risk for the development of mood …

Stress is a generalized set of physiological and psychological responses observed when an
organism is placed under challenging circumstances. The stress response allows organisms …

Intermittent exposure to mildly stressful situations provides opportunities to practice coping
in the context of exposure psychotherapies and stress inoculation training. Previously, we …

Laboratory mouse models offer opportunities to bridge the gap between basic neuroscience
and applied stress research. Here we consider the ecological validity of social defeat …

Background Major depressive disorder is a prevalent disease that is inadequately treated
with currently available interventions. Stress increases susceptibility to depression in …

Background Retrospective studies in humans have identified characteristics that promote
stress resistance, including childhood exposure to moderately stressful events (ie, stress …

Exposure to chronic stress can have broad effects on health ranging from increased
predisposition for neuropsychiatric disorders to deregulation of immune responses. The …