Decades of research have demonstrated how stress can contribute to a wide variety of diseases and disorders. In the realm of mental health, we know that anxiety disorders, depression, and PTSD, for…
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Being exposed to trauma during childhood has been associated with significantly increased risk for developing depression and anxiety later in life. Precisely how trauma translates into greater risk…
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It has long been understood that people who are under constant (“chronic”) and acute traumatic stress are at high risk of developing anxiety and depressive disorders. Over the last 10-20 years,…
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Two facts have emerged from research over the last two decades about racial discrimination in the United States. A plethora of research papers across disciplines have documented the fact that…
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Extensive research over several decades, some of it led by investigators supported by BBRF, has demonstrated that stress, including psychosocial stress (stress that arises from social interactions)…
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