The concept, benefits and recommendations for the cultivation of compassion have been
recognized in the contemplative traditions for thousands of years. In the last 30 years or so …

Substantial evidence from various studies suggests a preeminent role for early adverse
experiences in the development of psychopathology. The most recent studies reviewed here …

Stress is recognized as an important issue in basic and clinical neuroscience research,
based upon the founding historical studies by Walter Canon and Hans Selye in the past …

Compassion has become a major focus for international research in prosocial behaviour.
This paper explores the evolutionary origins of caring and how recently evolved cognitive …

The gut microbiota is a vast, complex, and fascinating ecosystem of microorganisms that
resides in the human gastrointestinal tract. As an integral part of the microbiota–gut–brain …

Fragmentation of processes and interventions plague the psychotherapies (Gilbert & Kirby,).
Part of the problem is that we have not agreed on a framework that could be the basis for …

An increasing prevalence of early childhood adversity has reached epidemic proportions,
creating a public health crisis. Rather than focusing only on adverse childhood experiences …

For thousands of years, various spiritual traditions and social activists have appealed to
humans to adopt compassionate ways of living to address the suffering of life. Yet, along …

In the past century, noncommunicable diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the
principal cause of sickness and death, worldwide. Trillions of commensal microbes live in …

Early life stress (ELS) is a well-established risk factor for many psychiatric and medical
disorders, including substance use disorders (SUDs). The relationship between ELS and …