Stress and adolescence: Vulnerability and opportunity during a sensitive window of development

LM Sisk, DG Gee - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Adolescence is a period of dynamic change across multiple systems. Concurrent maturation
of neural, biological, and psychosocial functioning renders adolescence a time of …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: a state-of-the-art review

L Burback, S Brémault-Phillips, MJ Nijdam… - Current …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This narrative state-of-the-art review paper describes the progress in the understanding and
treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Over the last four decades, the scientific …

State-level macro-economic factors moderate the association of low income with brain structure and mental health in US children

DG Weissman, ML Hatzenbuehler, M Cikara… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrostructural characteristics, such as cost of living and state-level anti-poverty programs
relate to the magnitude of socioeconomic disparities in brain development and mental …

Early adversity and development: parsing heterogeneity and identifying pathways of risk and resilience

DG Gee - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Adversity early in life is common and is a major risk factor for the onset of psychopathology.
Delineating the neurodevelopmental pathways by which early adversity affects mental …

Understanding urbanicity: how interdisciplinary methods help to unravel the effects of the city on mental health

L Krabbendam, M van Vugt, P Conus… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Twenty-first century urbanization poses increasing challenges for mental health.
Epidemiological studies have shown that mental health problems often accumulate in urban …

[HTML][HTML] Amygdala-driven apnea and the chemoreceptive origin of anxiety

JS Feinstein, D Gould, SS Khalsa - Biological psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the amygdala plays an important part in the pathogenesis of anxiety and
generation of exteroceptive fear, recent discoveries have challenged the directionality of this …

Smaller hippocampal volume among Black and Latinx youth living in high-stigma contexts

ML Hatzenbuehler, DG Weissman, S McKetta… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To determine whether structural and individual forms of stigma are associated with
neurodevelopment in children. Method Stigma related to gender, race, and Latinx ethnicity …

Stressful life events and accelerated biological aging over time in youths

JA Sumner, X Gao, S Gambazza, CK Dye… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Experiencing adversity in childhood and adolescence, including stressful life events (SLEs),
may accelerate the pace of development, leading to adverse mental and physical health …

The microbiota-gut-brain axis in pathogenesis of depression: A narrative review

H Yao, D Zhang, H Yu, H Shen, H Liu, F Meng… - Physiology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microbiota-gut-brain axis is a bidirectional regulatory pathway between the brain and
the gastrointestinal tract, which plays an important role in maintain homeostasis. Gut …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of emotion regulation and brain structure and function to adolescent internalizing problems and stress vulnerability during the COVID-19 …

DG Weissman, AM Rodman, ML Rosen… - … psychiatry global open …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Adolescence is a period of increased vulnerability for internalizing problems,
particularly following stressful life events. We examined how emotion regulation and brain …