The brain is the key organ of the response to stress because it determines what is
threatening and, therefore, potentially stressful, as well as the physiological and behavioral …

Stress is a part of every life to varying degrees, but individuals differ in their stress
vulnerability. Stress is usefully viewed from a biological perspective; accordingly, it involves …

Resilience refers to an individual's ability to thrive despite adversity. The current study
examined the psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD …

Recent years have witnessed major advances in our understanding of temperament in
childhood. Early views on temperament as unchanging and stable have been replaced by …

Come si intuisce dal titolo, l'argomento del volume è la medicalizzazione della società,
mentre il sottotitolo contiene già la tesi:“sulla trasformazione delle condizioni umane in …

Coping, defined as action-oriented and intrapsychic efforts to manage the demands created
by stressful events, is coming to be recognized both for its significant impact on stress …

Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that
one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some …

The life course paradigm has replaced child‐based, growth‐oriented (“ontogenetic”)
accounts of the person with models that emphasize the timing, social context, and …

Depression is a highly recurrent disorder with significant personal and public health
consequences. Prevention of recurrence would be extremely desirable, and thus …

We review a significant body of evidence from independent prospective studies that if a
mother is stressed while pregnant, her child is substantially more likely to have emotional or …