Stress Responses and Cortisol

War-related stress reduces functional cognition in children, especially those with special needs. BRIEF questionnaire screens for difficulties and guides occupational therapy interventions.

Scoping review of 36 studies examining diathesis-stress, differential susceptibility, and vantage sensitivity models in predicting adult mental health outcomes and environmental sensitivity effects.

Investigation of functional impairment as a mediating mechanism between internalising symptoms and reduced wellbeing, with implications for clinical intervention targeting.

Cohort study demonstrating association between adverse childhood experiences and treatment-resistant depression, independent of familial confounding factors.

Experimental study demonstrates children ages 4-8 calibrate resource-taking to socially instantiated relative status; gender differences emerge selectively under equal status conditions.

Randomized controlled trial examining medium-warm white light effects on stress, anxiety, and psychological well-being in high-risk pregnant women undergoing non-stress testing procedures.

Within-subject study (N=34) shows endogenous cortisol fluctuations predict intertemporal patience on the scale of seconds but not days, implicating acute stress in choice variability.