A growing body of research has indicated that acute stress can critically impact memory.
However, there are a number of inconsistencies in the literature, and important questions …

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and cortisol are the most abundant hormones of the
human fetal and adult adrenals released as end products of a tightly coordinated endocrine …

Background and objectives: Prior research suggests that altering situation-specific
evaluations of stress as challenging versus threatening can improve responses to stress …

Background: Current interventions for major depressive disorder (MDD) are suboptimal, and
only one third respond to them on initial treatment. Neuroplasticity theories are the basis for …

Sensitivity to social evaluation has been proposed as a potential marker or risk factor for
depression, and has also been theorized to increase with pubertal maturation. This study …

Substantial hormonal and neurobiological changes occur during puberty, and are widely
argued to render this period of life a sensitive period in terms of risk for mental health …

The adolescent transition is marked by increases in stress exposure and significant
maturation of neural and hormonal stress processing systems. Variability in the development …

Memory dysfunction is a symptomatic feature of many neurologic and neuropsychiatric
disorders; however, the basic underlying mechanisms of memory and altered states of …

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents. While clinicians and
researchers have begun to recognize the importance of considering multidimensional …

Anxiety and stress-related disorders are more prevalent in women and associated with
negative emotional memory consolidation as well as impaired fear extinction recall. Recent …