Acute pain induces depressed mood, and chronic pain is known to cause depression.
Depression, meanwhile, can also adversely affect pain behaviors ranging from …

Mood disorders such as depression and anxiety are frequently observed in patients
suffering from chronic pain, including neuropathic pain. While this comorbidity is clinically …

Pain is a primary symptom driving patients to seek physical therapy, and its attenuation
commonly defines a successful outcome. A large body of evidence is dedicated to …

Like other classes of treatments described in this issue's section, neuroactive steroids have
been studied for decades but have risen as a new class of rapid-acting, durable …

Burnout syndrome is a distinct “occupational phenomenon” rather than a medical condition,
comprising emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, and cognitive weariness. Both …

Despite mounting reports about the negative effects of chronic occupational stress on
cognitive functions, it is still uncertain whether and how this type of stress is associated with …

Stress exposure can produce profound changes in physiology and behavior that can impair
health and well-being. Of note, stress exposure is linked to anxiety disorders and depression …

Stress-related psychiatric disorders including depression involve complex cellular and
molecular changes in the brain, and GABAergic signaling dysfunction is increasingly …

Maternal separation during early childhood results in greater sensitivity to stressors later in
adult life. This is reflected as greater propensity to develop stress-related disorders in …

Stress is ubiquitous and thus, not surprisingly, many hypotheses and models have been
created to better study the role stress plays in life. Stress spans fields and is found in the …