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

Due to the long-term separation from their parents, the physical and mental health
development of left-behind children is not optimal. Among many psychological problems …

Within the context of sleep, attachment is hypothesized to play a central role in regulating
bedtime affect and arousal. While previous studies have suggested a link between …

Since its development and theorisation in the 60s, attachment theory has greatly influenced
both clinical and developmental psychology suggesting the existence of complex dynamics …

Abstract Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported treatment for
couples experiencing relationship distress. EFT therapists use the pursue-withdraw cycle to …

Background Insecure attachment style (anxious and avoidant) predisposes to the
development of depression and has been linked to hippocampal alterations in healthy …

The existing literature suggests that individual differences in attachment may be associated
with differential trajectories of structural brain development. In addition to maturation during …

Mothers usually cradle their infants to the left of their body midline, an asymmetry that seems
to be a typically female lateral preference. This bias is deemed to be an evolutionary …