The adolescent developmental stage appears to be a sensitive period for the onset of
several particular forms of mental disorder that are characterised by heightened emotionality …

This meta-analysis evaluated the effects of the expressive writing intervention (EW;
Pennebaker & Beall, 1986) among adolescents. Twenty-one independent studies that …

Anxiety is the most prevalent psychiatric problem of our time. Decades of research have
gone into probing its mysteries and developing treatments. But what if we've been thinking …

A brain network comprising the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and amygdala plays
important roles in developmentally regulated cognitive and emotional processes. However …

At specific maturational stages, neural circuits enter sensitive periods of heightened
plasticity, during which the development of both brain and behavior are highly receptive to …

Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are extracellular matrix structures that preferentially surround
mature GABAergic neurons that express the calcium-binding protein parvalbumin (PV). It …

Background While translational theories link neurodevelopmental changes in threat learning
to pathological anxiety, findings from studies in patients inconsistently support these …

Background Amygdala–prefrontal cortex (PFC) functional connectivity may be influenced by
anxiety and development. A prior study on anxiety found age‐specific dysfunction in the …

Fear acquisition and extinction are valid models for the etiology and treatment of anxiety,
trauma-and stressor-related disorders. These disorders are assumed to involve aversive …

Objective Increased neuroplasticity and neural development during puberty provide a
context for which stress and trauma can have dramatic and long-lasting effects on …