Research linking social media use and adolescent mental health has produced mixed and
inconsistent findings and little translational evidence, despite pressure to deliver concrete …

This review summarizes the case for investing in adolescence as a period of rapid growth,
learning, adaptation, and formational neurobiological development. Adolescence is a …

Early life stressors display a high universal prevalence and constitute a major public health
problem. Prolonged psychoneurobiological alterations as sequelae of early life stress (ELS) …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk for most forms of psychopathology.
We examine emotion dysregulation as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking maltreatment …

Researchers interested in the neurobiology of the acute stress response in humans require
a valid and reliable acute stressor that can be used under experimental conditions. The Trier …

Background Research on early adversity, stress biology, and child development has grown
exponentially in recent years. Findings We review the current evidence for the hypothalamic …

Child maltreatment is a robust risk factor for internalizing and externalizing psychopathology
in children and adolescents. We examined the role of disruptions in emotion regulation …

Disruptions in stress response system functioning are thought to be a central mechanism by
which exposure to adverse early-life environments influences human development …

Relative to childhood, peer relationships take on a heightened importance during
adolescence. Might adolescents be highly attuned to information that concerns when and …

Peer victimization is a highly stressful experience that impacts up to a third of all adolescents
and can contribute to a variety of negative outcomes, including elevated anxiety, depression …