Stress and stress-related health impairments are major problems in human life and
elucidating the biological pathways linking stress and disease is of substantial importance …

Baseline glucocorticoid (cort) levels are increasingly employed as physiological indices of
the relative condition or health of individuals and populations. Often, high cort levels are …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

Despite the fact that human society has greatly benefited from the availability of information
and communication technologies (ICT), both the use and ubiquity of ICT may also have a" …

Cumulative acute psychosocial stress is thought to promote the development of a range of
disorders which suggests that biomarkers for the physiological response may become …

More than ten years ago, the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was introduced as a
standardized protocol for the induction of moderate psychosocial stress in laboratory …

Stress is one of the most significant health problems in modern societies and the 21st
century. This explains a pressing need for investigations into the biological pathways linking …

BACKGROUND: Recent evidence indicates that individuals who are homozygous for the
short (s) allele in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene have higher rates of …

Twin, adoption, and family studies have established the heritability of suicide attempts and
suicide. Identifying specific suicide diathesis-related genes has proven more difficult. As with …

Stress is an ubiquitous phenomenon with significant impact on human physiology when it
lasts too long, when it is too intense, or when it hits vulnerable individuals. Examining the …