It is well recognized that environmental exposures, particularly early-life stress, can contribute to epigenetic alterations ...

Complex PTSD has become a popular psychiatric diagnosis, although it is not officially recognized by American psychiatry. The ...

The research, published in JAMA Psychiatry, analyzed studies of both "retrospective" and "prospective" measures of childhood maltreatment, and their association with psychopathology—a collection ...

A recent study of the hoarding phenomenon within schizophrenia spectrum disorders highlights the need for nuanced assessments ...

Examines behavior problems of childhood and adolescence across developmental transitions with a focus on the interaction of risk and protective factors in the child and his or her social context (e.g.