.../cortisol ratios moderated the association between childhood maltreatment and the HPA axis stress response. Methods: The sample consisted of 101 adolescents (ages 12–16) who completed the Child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). Cortisol was modeled using saliva samples at 8...

...Franziska Hürlimann; Stephan Kupferschmid; Andor E. Simon We present a case series of 6 patients who developed persistent depersonalization disorder in adolescence after consuming cannabis. In 2 of these cases, the illness course was severely disabling. Within the growing body of literature...

...Natalie A. Ceballos; Rebecca J. Houston; Victor M. Hesselbrock; Lance O. Bauer Conduct disorder (CD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) have been associated with abnormalities in brain function. The present study assessed whether adolescents with significant symptoms of CD and BPD display...