MembersMembers of the centre are an interdisciplinary team that assess the factors that affect how early experiences set the stage for later pathology and the interventions that can be adopted to prevent this cycle of adverse outcomes. Using a variety of approaches to explore these issues, our members conduct research at multiple levels of analysis to identify the mechanisms responsible for the development of stress-related pathology as well as how to buffer these effects and/or increase resilience. Efforts are ongoing to develop prevention and treatment strategies relevant to stress-related psychological disorders that range from depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and suicide, as well as the constellation of physical illnesses, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular, infectious and neurodegenerative diseases. Considerable attention is also devoted to the repercussions related to chronic illness and chronic pain.
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