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Effects of childhood adversity and glutamatergic polygenic risk score on brain structure and cognition in schizophrenia
(2019)
Schizophrenia is a chronic disabling disorder with complex multifactorial aetiology. It is associated with childhood adversity and glutamatergic genes, both of which contribute to brain development and cognition. However, ...
Wellbeing of firefighters: the impact of individual factors, potentially traumatic event exposure, and operational and organisational factors on mental health outcomes
(2019)
Aims:
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of the common mental health disorders associated with increased exposure to potentially traumatic events in career and volunteer firefighters, and to identify which ...
The influence of parenting and genetic variants on internalising symptoms during late childhood: neural mechanisms and the HPA-axis
(2019)
Background: Greater levels of internalising symptoms during childhood and adolescence increase the risk of developing depression later in life. As such, investigating risk factors for depression in young people is important ...
Environment-by-brain development interactions as predictors of adolescent depressive symptoms and psychological well-being: structural brain development as a marker of responsivity to maternal parenting and socioeconomic status
(2019)
Background
Adolescence is widely reported to be a time of increased risk for depression and lower well-being. Importantly, however, outcomes are heterogeneous, and most adolescents do not develop mental health problems. ...
The role of adrenarche in shaping the mind: how adrenarcheal hormones contribute to the development of brain connectivity and internalising symptoms
(2018)
The transition from childhood to adolescence is a particularly vulnerable period for the development of internalising symptoms and disorders. Hormonal changes as well as changes in brain structure and function may play a ...
Tau and beta-amyloid deposition, structural integrity, and cognitive function following traumatic brain injury in Australian war veterans
(2018)
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), has been diagnosed in over 355,000 US military service personnel since 2000. Epidemiological research indicates that veterans with TBI are two-to-four times more likely to develop ...
Examining the efficacy of Tuning Relationships with Music™ in helping parents with a history of interpersonal trauma reduce conflict and improve emotional responsiveness with their adolescent
(2018)
Parents who have experienced interpersonal trauma in childhood often struggle with relational functioning including difficulties with nonverbal communication (NVC), which may influence their ability to remain regulated ...
Exploring candidate loci, genes, pathways, and evolutionary markers in schizophrenia by re-analyzing candidate gene and genome-wide association studies
(2018)
In the last decade, consistent efforts have been made by psychiatric geneticists to elucidate the genetic mechanisms of schizophrenia, especially after the rise of genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, the genetic ...
The neuropsychiatric disorders of focal epilepsy
(2017)
Neuropsychiatric disorders commonly co-exist with focal epilepsy. Despite intense investigation there remains significant limitations to our current understanding of the aetiological relationship between these conditions, ...
Is the epidermal growth factor system a biomarker for clozapine response in schizophrenia?
(2018)
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder associated with significant disability. The antipsychotic drugs, the mainstay of treatment, are only effective in a proportion of patients. For those who do not respond, ...
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