Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and debilitating condition with a
prevalence rate of approximately 8% in the United States. Given the number of veterans …

Longitudinal effects of child maltreatment on cortisol regulation in infants from age 1 to 3
years were investigated in the context of a randomized preventive intervention trial. Thirteen …

Objective Childhood adverse experiences are known to engender persistent changes in
stress-related systems and brain structures involved in mood, cognition, and behavior in …

BackgroundAntenatal depression and childhood maltreatment have each been associated
with offspring psychopathology, but have never been examined in the same sample. AimsTo …

The first edition of this book contained a chapter entitled “The Biological Basis of Crime,”
which focused on investigations of heritability, psychophysiology, neuroimaging …

Oxidative stress and inflammation are among the most important factors of disease. Chronic
infections, obesity, alcohol and tobacco usage, radiation, environmental pollutants, and high …

So much is lost from the lives of people who suffer with psychiatric illness that it was perhaps
natural for initial discoveries regarding these conditions and immunity to focus on yet …