Childhood adversity and allostatic overload of the hypothalamic - Pituitary - Adrenal axis: A vulnerability model for depressive disorders

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1017-1037

  Wilkinson, Paul O ^a   Goodyer, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RAT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRIMATES; RATS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054884485     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000472     Document Type: Review

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