The relationship between disease and good health has received relatively little attention in
mental health. Resilience can be viewed as a defence mechanism, which enables people to …

Purpose Resilience is the ability of individuals to adapt positively in the face of trauma. Little
is known, however, about lifetime factors affecting resilience. Methods We assessed the …

Background Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic and disabling disorder with a
low rate of full remission. As it is commonly assumed that cases in the elderly principally …

Background: There is evidence of structural brain alterations in major depressive disorder (MDD),
but little is known about how these alterations might be affected by age at onset or …

BACKGROUND: Lipids appear to mediate depressive vulnerability in the elderly; however,
sex differences and genetic vulnerability have not been taken into account in previous …

Certain individuals are more susceptible to stress and trauma, as well as the physical and
mental health consequences following such exposure, including risk for post-traumatic stress …

BACKGROUND: Cortisol secretion in elderly persons with anxiety disorders exposed to
common stressful situations has not been evaluated. METHODS: Salivary-free cortisol levels …

Variability in the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) gene can influence the risk of depression
associated with adversity, as well as cortisol stress reactivity, although not consistently. No …

Mesencephalic cell cultures were used as a model to investigate the effects of interleukin‐2 (IL‐2)
on evoked release of [ 3 H]dopamine ([ 3 H]DA) and γ‐[ 3 H]‐aminobutyric acid ([ 3 H]…

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is assumed to influence the activity of the
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis, which shows hyperactivity in depressed patients. …