Consistent failure over the past few decades to reduce the high prevalence of stress-related
disorders has motivated a search for alternative research strategies. Resilience refers to the …

Stress-related psychopathology is on the rise, and there is a pressing need for improved
prevention strategies. Positive appraisal style, the tendency to appraise potentially threatening …

A key objective in the field of translational psychiatry over the past few decades has been to
identify the brain correlates of major depressive disorder (MDD). Identifying measurable …

Atrophy is regarded a sensitive marker of neurodegenerative pathology. In addition to confirming
the well-known presence of decreased global grey matter and hippocampal volumes in …

Recently, both increases and decreases in resting-state functional connectivity have been
found in major depression. However, these studies only assessed functional connectivity …

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is not only a threat to physical health but is also having severe
impacts on mental health. Although increases in stress-related symptomatology and other …

Whereas we know a fair amount on the role of the amygdala in the acute stress response,
virtually nothing is known about its role during the recovery period after the stress has waned. …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have shown that anatomically
distinct brain regions are functionally connected during the resting state. Basic topological …

Alterations in white matter (WM) microstructure have been implicated in the pathophysiology
of major depressive disorder (MDD). However, previous findings have been inconsistent, …

Resilience is still often viewed as a unitary personality construct that, as a kind of antinosological
entity, protects individuals against stress-related mental problems. However, increasing …