Background: Neighborhoods are critical to understanding how environments influence
health outcomes. Prolonged environmental stressors, such as a lack of green spaces and …

Allostatic load represents the 'wear and tear'of chronic stress on the brain and body that may
differ between men and women. A small but growing number of studies are assessing …

Alterations in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and its effector hormone cortisol
have been proposed as one possible mechanism linking child maltreatment experiences to …

Stress exposure leads to the activation of several biological mechanisms that have been
termed allostasis. These processes enable adaptation to novel situations; however; their …

Background: Cortisol is one of the most extensively studied biomarkers in the context of
trauma/posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For more than a decade, hair cortisol …

Aims and objectives To elucidate the historical development of the allostatic load concept,
alongside its use in nursing research, and to explore how allostatic load has been …

Associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cholesterol in depressed
patients are unclear. Therefore, we compared 78 adult outpatients with major depressive …

Women are exposed to a variety of life stressors, particularly violence, during their lifetime
which increases the risk of developing various psychiatric and somatic diseases, with the …

Background Although childhood maltreatment is associated with a host of poor health and
social outcomes in adulthood, many individuals manifest resilience. Purpose We tested …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase risk for negative health outcomes. The goal
of this study was to examine the relationships among cumulative ACEs, ACEs type …