A large body of longitudinal research provides compelling evidence for the critical role of
early attachment relationships in children's social, emotional, and cognitive development. It …

Childhood trauma exposure is a significant public health problem. While adult mental health
consequences of such experiences are well documented, sex differences in both …

Individuals exposed to childhood adversities (CA) present with emotion regulation (ER)
difficulties in later life, which have been identified as risk and maintenance factors for …

Aims The aim of this paper is to emphasize the role of stress processes in the aetiology of
eating disorders. Methods We have examined the literature for evidence that people with …

Researchers and practitioners in fields such as psychology and social work increasingly
recognize the significant need for schools, in general, to be sites for delivery of trauma …

Severe stress is among the most robust risk factors for the development of psychiatric
disorders. Imaging studies indicate that life stress is integral to shaping the human brain …

Exposure to trauma during childhood is a non-specific risk factor for psychiatric disorders,
including eating disorders (EDs), over the life course. Moreover, an association between …

Early-life stress (ELS) or adversity, particularly in the form of childhood neglect and abuse, is
associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood. However, whether …

Stress is broadly defined as the non-specific biological response to changes in homeostatic
demands and is mediated by the evolutionarily conserved neuroendocrine networks of the …

While maltreatment is known to impact social and emotional functioning, threat processing,
and neural structure, the potentially dimorphic influence of sex on these outcomes remains …