The interplay between cortisol, inflammation, and disease underscores the need for effective stress management to enhance health and prevent chronic conditions.

ASD was assessed using the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) and PTSD was assessed at 6-8 months follow-up using the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS). Twenty-five patients (28%) met the ...

Interventions: ASD symptoms were assessed using the Acute Stress Disorder Scale during the child's admission. PTSD symptoms were assessed using the PTSD Checklist at least 2 months after discharge.

Several domains in which it plays a role—stress response, monoamine synthesis ... and its changes during treatment in patients with an acute depressive episode of at least medium severity. The study ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a severe psychiatric disorder with profound public health impact due to its high prevalence, chronic nature, accompanying functional impairment, and frequently ...

Whether constitutive kOR activity drives stress-related craving in people with a history of drug abuse and how to halt these cravings also remain to be determined. In the present study, we have now ...

Given that acute stress can be harmful in other instances—leading, for example, to post-traumatic stress disorder—further work is required to identify the factors ... Acute stress, defined as a single ...