Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed? By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D. New York Times August 1, 2011 Genes, environment and psychology affect who uses drugs uneventfully and who is undone by them. …Scientists do know that having a mental illness doesn’t just increase the chance of intermittent drug abuse; it also significantly raises […]
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Biological Consequences and Transgenerational Impact of Violence and Abuse
Biological Consequences and Transgenerational Impact of Violence and Abuse By Gretchen N. Neigh,Ph.D., Lorie A. Ritschel, Ph.D., and Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, Ph.D., Psychiatric Times, 11/17/10 Numerous biological theories have been proposed to explain the potent and robust effects of ELS [Early Life Stress] on mental and physical health outcomes. One such theory, the diathesis-stress […]