Although approximately 90% of the US population will experience a traumatic event within
their lifetime, only a fraction of those traumatized individuals will develop posttraumatic …

Stress is a state of the mind, involving both brain and body as well as their interactions; it
differs among individuals and reflects not only major life events but also the conflicts and …

Passionate, courageous, and at times controversial, The Anatomy of Violence is a ground-
breaking work that will challenge your core human values and perspectives on violence …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological …

The brain is the key organ of stress reactivity, co**, and recovery processes. Within the
brain, a distributed neural circuitry determines what is threatening and thus stressful to the …

As the central organ of stress and adaptation to stressors, the brain plays a pivotal role in
behavioral and physiological responses that may lead to successful adaptation or to …

The brain is the key organ of stress processes. It determines what individuals will experience
as stressful, it orchestrates how individuals will cope with stressful experiences, and it …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) has until recently been conceptualized as an episodic
disorder associated with 'chemical imbalances' but no permanent brain changes. Evidence …

Animal studies suggest that structural changes occur in the maternal brain during the early
postpartum period in regions such as the hypothalamus, amygdala, parietal lobe, and …

Major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD), and schizophrenia spectrum
disorder (SSD, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder) overlap in symptomatology, risk …