Early life stressors display a high universal prevalence and constitute a major public health
problem. Prolonged psychoneurobiological alterations as sequelae of early life stress (ELS) …

Adverse experiences in childhood and adolescence, defined as subjectively perceived
threats to the safety or security of the child's bodily integrity, family, or social structures, are …

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is rooted in an evolutionary, functional analysis of basic
social motivational systems (eg, to live in groups, form hierarchies and ranks, seek out …

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Resilience science is quintessential developmental psychopathology because it focuses on
variation among individuals in relation to their experiences as they adapt and develop …

Children who experience early life toxic stress are at risk of long-term adverse health effects
that may not manifest until adulthood. This article briefly summarizes the findings in recent …

Developmental or fetal programming has emerged as a major model for understanding the
early and persisting effects of prenatal exposures on the health and development of the child …

Childhood trauma (CT) can have persistent effects on the brain and is one of the major risk
factors for neuropsychiatric diseases in adulthood. Recent advances in the field of …

Violence against children includes all forms of violence against people under 18 years old
whether perpetrated by parents or other caregivers, peers, partners, teacher or strangers …

Allostatic load (AL) is a measure of overall physiological wear-and-tear over the life course,
which could partially be the consequence of early life exposures. AL could allow a better …