Although now believed to be two distinct disorders, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and
schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) share multiple phenotypic similarities and risk …

Overexposure of the developing fetus to glucocorticoids is hypothesised to be one of the key
mechanisms linking early life development with later life disease. The maternal …

Diathesis-stress models of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders have dominated
theorizing about etiology for over three decades. More recently, with advances in our …

This article presents evidence suggesting that psychosocial stress may increase risk for
psychosis, especially in the case of cumulative exposure. A heuristically useful framework to …

The allostatic load (AL) model represents an interdisciplinary approach to comprehensively
conceptualize and quantify chronic stress in relation to pathologies throughout the life cycle …

Increased peripheral levels of morning cortisol have been reported in people with
schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD), but findings are inconsistent and few studies …

There is convincing evidence that environmental stress plays a significant role in modifying
both mental and physical health. The biological mechanisms linking stress to ill health are …

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with several adverse developmental
outcomes in the offspring. These include preterm delivery, spontaneous abortion, growth …

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in Western society, and its
development is associated with chronic stress and other psychosocial factors …

BackgroundHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis abnormalities have been
found in patients with a psychotic disorder and first-degree relatives of patients with a …