Stress

Distinctive Effects of a Second Pregnancy on the Brain and the Mother’s Mental Health

Pregnancy is not only a monumental event in a woman’s life; it is also a time of changes in physiology and the hormone system that have no parallel in any other phase of life. Every bodily system is… Read More

Research Showing How Stress Vulnerability Differs in Males and Females Reveals a Circuit That Might Be Targeted to Protect Against Stress, Especially in Females

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… Read More

Childhood Stress and Early Onset of Female Puberty May Raise Risk of Depression and Anxiety in Adolescence, Study Finds

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… Read More

New Insights Into Mechanisms Underpinning Susceptible and Resilient Responses To Traumatic Stress

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,… Read More

Evidence of How the Experience of Racial Discrimination May Alter Brain Connectivity, Cellular Aging, and Brain Health

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… Read More

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