How and why to use 'vulnerability': an interdisciplinary analysis of disease risk, indeterminacy and normality

A Ford, G De Togni, S Erikainen, AM Filipe… - Medical …, 2024 - mh.bmj.com
In recent years,'vulnerability'has been getting more traction in theoretical, professional and
popular spaces as an alternative or complement to the concept of risk. As a group of science …

The politicizing clinic: insights on 'the social'for mental health policy and practice

DP Béhague, H Gonçalves, SH da Cruz… - Social Psychiatry and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose In this paper, we explore how Brazilian socially sensitive therapy can respond to
care-users' desire to change the social and political forces shaping their lives. We use this …

The evolution of ACEs: From coping behaviors to epigenetics as explanatory frameworks for the biology of adverse childhood experiences

R Müller, M Kenney - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have become a topic of public and scientific
attention. ACEs denote a range of negative experiences in early life, from sexual abuse to …

'Our biology is listening': biomarkers as molecular vestiges of early life and the production of positive childhood experiences in behavioral epigenetics

R Jeffries Hein, M Lappé, FF Fahey - BioSocieties, 2024 - Springer
The sciences of environmental epigenetics and the Developmental Origins of Health and
Disease have become central in efforts to understand how early life experiences impact …

'Nonetheless biosocial': experiences and embodied knowledge of birth cohort participants in the UK and Brazil

R Mathers, S Gibbon, T Riley, T Muniz - BioSocieties, 2024 - Springer
The relative expansion of biosocial research within the life sciences has generated
substantial interest from social sciences, with epigenetic science and scientists the primary …

Pandemic Life-lines: A Multimodal Autoethnography of COVID-19 Illness, Isolation, and Shared Immunities

AM Filipe - Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2024 - medanthrotheory.org
As a crosscutting concept in biology, anthropology, and philosophy, immunity has been a
critical 'site'of debate on the relations between self and other, organism and environment …

Genetic Factors in Mental Health Disorders in adolescents in West Java: Experiencing it with Genomics

D Anurogo, MA Muhtadi… - West Science …, 2023 - wsj.westscience-press.com
Mental health disorders among adolescents in West Java have become a growing concern,
impacting their well-being and future prospects. This study aimed to investigate the genetic …

How to Categorise Disease? Endometriosis, Inflammation, and 'Self Out of Place'

A Ford - Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2024 - research.ed.ac.uk
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining develops outside the
uterus; it 'bleeds' during periods, forms lesions, and causes chronic pain. Despite affecting …

[PDF][PDF] The association of maternal childhood maltreatment with epigenetic regulation of the Neuropeptide Y gene in immune cells: an intergenerational approach

K de Punder - 2024 - diglib.uibk.ac.at
Background: The overall aim of this master thesis was to examine the intra-and
intergenerational effects of maternal childhood maltreatment (CM) on Neuropeptide Y (NPY) …

Bipolar Disorder and Suicide

M Bourin - Archives of Bipolar Disorder and Suicide and Anxiety, 2024 - neuroscigroup.us
Suicide is a dramatic and frequent consequence of bipolar disorder. Prevention of suicidal
behavior involves an assessment of suicidal vulnerability factors (history of suicidal …