THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT EARLY CHILD-hood adversity—related to
parental psychiatric dis-order, poverty, abuse, loss, neglect, or trauma—has protean effects …

Despite the increasing attention to early life adversity and its long‐term consequences on
health, behavior, and the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders, our understanding of …

Children's early social experiences shape their developing neurological and biological
systems for good or for ill, writes Ross Thompson, and the kinds of stressful experiences that …

Background The outcomes of exposure to neurotoxic chemicals early in life depend on the
properties of both the chemical and the host's environment. When our questions focus on the …

In this chapter, I will first describe a general model in which the reactivity and regulation of
stress physiology serves as a common pathway through which many aspects of early …

Comprehensive clinical studies show that adverse conditions in early life can severely
impact the developing brain and increase vulnerability to mood disorders later in life. During …

This book consolidates the most recent and scientifically sound research on childhood
adversity and what developmental scientists know about preventing and treating the long …

Resilience offers the promise of a paradigm shift in many fields of research, clinical practice,
and policy. A lens on resilience shifts the focus of attention–from concerted efforts to …

This paper describes evidence that led to the concept of biological embedding and research
approaches designed to elucidates its mechanisms. Biological embedding occurs when …

Research explicitly focused on resilience in human development emerged in the 1970s as
pioneering investigators noted the striking variation in adaptive function and outcomes of …