Major depression is a debilitating condition characterised by diverse neurocognitive and
behavioural deficits. Nevertheless, our species-typical capacity for depressed mood implies …

Background Meta-analyses have yielded contradictory findings concerning the role of 5-
HTTLPR in interaction with stress (GxE) in depression. The current meta-analysis …

We propose that depression can be viewed as an adaptation to conserve energy after the
perceived loss of an investment in a vital resource such as a relationship, group identity, or …

Depression is a debilitating mental illness with clear developmental patterns from childhood
through late adolescence. Here, we present data from the Gene Environment Mood (GEM) …

Scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this state-of-the-science work is widely
regarded as the definitive graduate-level psychology of religion text. The authors synthesize …

Emerging adulthood is a critical period of life that entails many life transitions in living
arrangements, relationships, education and employment, which can generate stress and …

Few studies comprehensively evaluate which types of life stress are most strongly
associated with depressive episode onsets, over and above other forms of stress, and …

Neuroticism and several other traits have been proposed to confer vulnerability for unipolar
mood disorders (UMDs) and anxiety disorders (ADs). However, it is unclear whether the …

Approximately half of the people who suffer a major depressive episode for the first time
experience recurrences, while the other half do not. Among the initially depressed, however …

Highlights•Summarizes recent developmental epidemiological research in depression from
preschoolers, children, and adolescence.•Reviews recent risk factor and mechanism …