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 …

Psychology offers conceptual and analytic tools that can advance the discussion on the
nature of risk preference and its measurement in the behavioral sciences. We discuss the …

Hormonal levels have been hypothesized to serve as proximal biological mechanisms
underlying individual differences in risk taking. We conducted a systematic literature search …

Abstract The UPPS-P Model of Impulsive Personality, a prominent model of impulsive
personality derived from the Five Factor Model of Personality, is a multi-dimensional model …

As psychiatric genetics enters an era where gene identification is finally yielding robust,
replicable genetic associations and polygenic risk scores, it is important to consider next …

Background Most variants of negative reinforcement theory predict that acute depressed
mood can promote alcohol-seeking behaviour, but the precise mechanisms underpinning …

Personality traits are related to health behaviours, but it is unknown whether changes in
personality would lead to changes in health behaviours. We examined whether naturally …

Abstract Background Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
programs have been developed, evaluated, and shown to be effective, particularly in …

Background Previous research has identified different, but not mutually exclusive, etiological
pathways (ie, the positive affect regulation pathway, the negative affect regulation pathway …

Abstract Background The Climate and Preventure (CAP) study was the first trial to assess
and demonstrate the effectiveness of a combined universal and selective approach for …