A systematic review of associations between emotion regulation characteristics and inflammation

DP Moriarity, MM Grehl, RFL Walsh, LG Roos… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Elevated inflammation is a risk factor for many psychiatric (eg, depression) and somatic
conditions (eg, rheumatoid arthritis). Inflammation is influenced by psychosocial processes …

Multi-omics approaches in psychoneuroimmunology and health research: conceptual considerations and methodological recommendations

S Mengelkoch, SMSF Rose, Z Lautman, JC Alley… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) has grown substantially in both relevance and
prominence over the past 40 years. Notwithstanding its impressive trajectory, a majority of …

The mating psychology of incels (involuntary celibates): Misfortunes, misperceptions, and misrepresentations

W Costello, V Rolon, AG Thomas… - The Journal of Sex …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Mating represents a suite of fundamental adaptive problems for humans. Yet a community of
men, called incels (involuntary celibates), forge their identity around their perceived inability …

The future is dynamic: A call for intensive longitudinal data in immunopsychiatry

DP Moriarity, GM Slavich - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2023 - Elsevier
The long-term value of immunopsychiatry will be based on its ability to translate basic
science into effective clinical interventions. In this article, we discuss a key obstacle to …

Stress-related cellular pathophysiology as a crosstalk risk factor for neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders

IS Palamarchuk, GM Slavich, T Vaillancourt, TK Rajji - BMC neuroscience, 2023 - Springer
In this narrative review, we examine biological processes linking psychological stress and
cognition, with a focus on how psychological stress can activate multiple neurobiological …

[HTML][HTML] Threats to social safety and neuro-inflammatory mechanisms underlying sexual orientation disparities in depression symptom severity: A prospective cohort …

R Bränström, ML Hatzenbuehler, MR Lattanner… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sexual minority individuals have a markedly elevated risk of depression compared to
heterosexuals. We examined early threats to social safety and chronically elevated …

[HTML][HTML] Hormonal contraceptive use is associated with differences in women's inflammatory and psychological reactivity to an acute social stressor

S Mengelkoch, J Gassen, GM Slavich, SE Hill - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Women using hormonal contraceptives (HCs) exhibit numerous signs of chronic
inflammation, including elevated C-reactive protein levels and greater risk of developing …

Neighborhood safety perception and depressive symptoms in China: a moderated mediation relationship

Y Zhang - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Despite rich data on neighborhood safety perception's role in shaping depressive
symptoms, a comprehensive view of this dynamic interplay remains a frontier. This study …

Toward a dynamic immunopsychiatry

DP Moriarity, GM Slavich - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2024 - Elsevier
In this article, we briefly clarify several points regarding immunopsychiatry. In particular, we
argue that higher density data and a greater focus on temporal dynamics are both important …

Bullying fosters interpersonal distrust and degrades adolescent mental health as predicted by Social Safety Theory

DI Tsomokos, GM Slavich - Nature mental health, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Social Safety Theory predicts that socially threatening experiences such as bullying
degrade mental health partly by fostering the belief that others cannot be trusted. Here we …