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 …

This review describes stress-related biological mechanisms linking interpersonal racism to
life course health trajectories among African Americans. Interpersonal racism, a form of …

Objective Social disadvantage is associated with markers of physiological dysregulation,
which is linked to disease trajectories. Chronic experiences with discrimination are thought …

For many African American youth, the joint influences of economic and racial
marginalization render the transition to stable adult roles challenging. We have gained much …

Purpose The association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with negative health
outcomes is well established, and the concept of allostatic load has been proposed as a …

The infant mortality rate is a key national indicator of population health. Despite
technological advances in medicine and other health-related resources available to the …

Medical expenditures represent a major financial burden that can hinder families' ability to
acquire other goods and services. How patterns of out-of-pocket medical expenditures vary …

Accumulating evidence indicates that stress plays an important role in the development of
psychotic disorders. Recent studies have revealed that patients with first-episode psychosis …

Few studies have been able to measure the evolution of segregation on health disparities or
assess whether those disparities existed in rural communities prior to the Great Migration of …

Vertebrate stress responses are highly adaptive biological functions, maximizing survival
probability in life-threatening situations. However, experiencing repeated and/or chronic …