Rethinking minority stress: A social safety perspective on the health effects of stigma in sexually-diverse and gender-diverse populations

LM Diamond, J Alley - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

Environmental influences on the pace of brain development

UA Tooley, DS Bassett, AP Mackey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

Intrinsic activity development unfolds along a sensorimotor–association cortical axis in youth

VJ Sydnor, B Larsen, J Seidlitz, A Adebimpe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Animal studies of neurodevelopment have shown that recordings of intrinsic cortical activity
evolve from synchronized and high amplitude to sparse and low amplitude as plasticity …

Adverse childhood experiences and lifelong health

ZA Bhutta, S Bhavnani, TS Betancourt, M Tomlinson… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
With the advent of the sustainable development goals, the field of global child health has
shifted its focus from reducing mortality to improving health, nutrition and development …

The multiple roles of life stress in metabolic disorders

M Kivimäki, A Bartolomucci, I Kawachi - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
The activation of stress-related neuroendocrine systems helps to maintain homeostasis, but
excessive stress can damage body functions. We review current evidence from basic …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood socioeconomic status and the pace of structural neurodevelopment: accelerated, delayed, or simply different?

D Rakesh, S Whittle, MA Sheridan… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2023 - cell.com
Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with children's brain and behavioral
development. Several theories propose that early experiences of adversity or low SES can …

Socioeconomic status and the developing brain–A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth

D Rakesh, S Whittle - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing literature has shown associations between socioeconomic disadvantage and
neural properties (such as brain structure and function). In this review, we aimed to …

A meta-analysis of longitudinal peer influence effects in childhood and adolescence.

M Giletta, S Choukas-Bradley, M Maes… - Psychological …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
For decades, psychological research has examined the extent to which children's and
adolescents' behavior is influenced by the behavior of their peers (ie, peer influence effects) …

Stress and adolescence: vulnerability and opportunity during a sensitive window of development

LM Sisk, DG Gee - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Adolescence is a period of dynamic change across multiple systems. Concurrent maturation
of neural, biological, and psychosocial functioning renders adolescence a time of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and brain maturation in adolescents: Implications for analyzing longitudinal data

IH Gotlib, JG Miller, LR Borchers, SM Coury… - … psychiatry global open …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant stress and disruption for young
people, likely leading to alterations in their mental health and neurodevelopment. In this …