Abstract Purpose of Review We identify the recent evidence for gene-by-environment
interaction studies in relation to psychiatric disorders. We focus on the key genotypic data as …

Women's psychological and behavioral responses to hormonal contraceptive (HC) treatment
can be highly variable. One of the great challenges to researchers seeking to improve the …

To date, gene-environment (GxE) interaction studies in depression have been limited to
hypothesis-based candidate genes, since genome-wide (GWAS)-based GxE interaction …

Background Oxytocin may moderate prosocial behaviors, but has also been implicated in
negative mental health outcomes. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the oxytocin …

Anxiety and mood disorders are prevalent, disabling, and frequently difficult to treat. Such
disorders are often comorbid and share similar characteristics. For more accurate diagnosis …

To date, it has been difficult to establish reliable biomarkers associated with specific forms of
psychopathology. Social anxiety, for example, is associated with inconsistent biological …

Although the neuropeptide oxytocin has been associated with enhanced prosocial
behaviors, it has also been linked to aggression and mental health disorders. Thus, it was …

The cortisol awakening response (CAR) has been shown to prospectively predict
depression, but it remains unresolved whether a greater CAR predicts risk independently of …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to evaluate the most recent literature
examining the oxytocin (OXT) system's role in human anxiety by surveying various fields of …

Frontal brain asymmetry has been linked to motivational processes in infants and adults,
with left lateralization reflecting motivation to approach and right lateralization reflecting …