For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is arguably the most common psychiatric disorder to
arise after exposure to a traumatic event. Since its formal introduction in the DSM‐III in 1980 …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents a major public health problem for which
currently available treatments are modestly effective. We report the findings of a randomized …

The serotonergic system plays important roles in both physiological and pathological
processes, and is a therapeutic target for many psychiatric disorders. Although several …

Most theories and hypotheses in psychology are verbal in nature, yet their evaluation
overwhelmingly relies on inferential statistical procedures. The validity of the move from …

Previous attempts to identify a unified theory of brain serotonin function have largely failed to
achieve consensus. In this present synthesis, we integrate previous perspectives with new …

Background The microbiota–gut–brain axis plays an important role in the development of
depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 5-HT on cognitive function …

Psychology has historically been concerned, first and foremost, with explaining the causal
mechanisms that give rise to behavior. Randomized, tightly controlled experiments are …

Abstract Serotonin (5-HT) is a phylogenetically conserved monoamine neurotransmitter
modulating important processes in the brain. To directly visualize the release of 5-HT, we …

Clinical studies indicate that cannabidiol (CBD), the primary nonaddictive component of
cannabis that interacts with the serotonin (5-HT) 1A receptor, may possess analgesic and …