Heightened maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with atypical brain development
and an elevated risk for psychopathology in offspring. Supportive environments during early …

The policies and actions that were enacted to colonize Indigenous Peoples in Canada have
been described as constituting cultural genocide. When one considers the long-term …

Exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) in utero is a risk factor for
neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. MIA-induced deficits in adolescent and adult …

In-utero exposure to maternal psychological distress is increasingly linked with disrupted
fetal and neonatal brain development and long‐term neurobehavioral dysfunction in …

Abstract The Social Determinants of Health, a set of social factors including socioeconomic
status, community context, and neighborhood safety among others, are well-known …

Racism is an insidious problem with far-reaching effects on the lives of Black, Indigenous,
and People of Color (BIPOC). The pervasive negative impact of racism on mental health is …

Maternal prenatal depression is associated with increased likelihood of
neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions in offspring. The relationship between …

Heightened psychological stress during pregnancy has repeatedly been associated with
increased risk for development of behavior problems and psychiatric disorders in offspring …

Background There is increasing evidence that prenatal exposure to maternal psychological
distress may be a factor influencing offspring neurodevelopment, but stress type-dependent …

Fetal programming is a core concept within the broader developmental origins of health and
disease framework, which acknowledges the contribution of the prenatal and early postnatal …