One of the most consistent biological findings in the study of affective disorders is that those
with depression commonly show abnormal cortisol response, which suggests dysregulation …

Early life stress (ELS) is defined as an acute or chronic stressor that negatively impacts a
child's development. ELS is associated with substance use and mental health problems …

Background Exposure to maternal depression bears long‐term negative consequences for
children's well‐being. Yet, no study has tested the joint contribution of maternal and child's …

The goal of the present study was to investigate the role of early social deprivation in
shaping the effectiveness of parent support to alleviate hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal …

This study used a prospective adoption design to investigate effects of prenatal and
postnatal parent depressive symptom exposure on child hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal …

To compare and contrast burnout and depression is not only a conceptual issue, but may
deliver important directions for treatment approaches and stabilize the awareness of disease …

Developmental psychology is rapidly becoming a neuropsychobiological field concerned
with understanding how the genes we are born with, the experiences we have that modify …

The offspring of depressed parents have been found to show elevated basal levels of the
stress hormone cortisol. Whether heightened cortisol stress reactivity is also present in this …

Prenatal maternal psychopathology affects child development, but some children seem
more vulnerable than others. Genetic variance in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis …

Given the central role of stress-responsive neurophysiology in mental and physical health, it
is important to understand how particular patterns of stress responsivity may become …