Background Beginning at birth, the microbes in the gut perform essential duties related to
the digestion and metabolism of food, the development and activation of the immune system …

Caretakers are often intimidated or alienated by patients with borderline personality disorder
(BPD), compounding the clinical challenges posed by the severe morbidity, high social costs …

Epigenetic modifications are among the most important mechanisms by which
environmental factors can influence early cellular differentiation and create new phenotypic …

Adolescent development is associated with major changes in emotional and cognitive
functions, as well as a rise in stress-related psychological disorders such as anxiety and …

Medical yoga is defined as the use of yoga practices for the prevention and treatment of
medical conditions. Beyond the physical elements of yoga, which are important and effective …

Personality disorders (PDs) exert a great toll on health resources, and this is especially true
for borderline personality disorder (BPD). As all PDs, BPD arises during adolescence or …

Childhood maltreatment is a significant risk factor for a host of psychiatric, developmental,
medical, and neurocognitive conditions, often resulting in debilitating and long-term …

The academic challenges foster youth encounter during their P-12 education have been
widely reported. Yet, despite these challenges, the majority of foster youth desire …

Animal and human studies have shown that both early-life traumatic events and ongoing
stress episodes affect neurodevelopment, however, it remains unclear whether and how …

Alterations in gray matter (GM) density/volume and cortical thickness (CT) have been
demonstrated in small and heterogeneous samples of subjects with differing chronic pain …