2023
Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRisk
2014
Trait Rumination Moderates the Effect of Executive Control Training
Quinn M, Keil D, Utke S, Joormann J. Trait Rumination Moderates the Effect of Executive Control Training. Journal Of Experimental Psychopathology 2014, 5: 289-301. DOI: 10.5127/jep.0038713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExecutive control trainingTrait ruminationControl trainingExecutive controlCortisol reactivityTraining effectsN-back taskControl conditionResilient respondingAffective stimuliBiological stress responseEmotional adjustmentIndividual differencesTimes of stressStressful eventsStudent sampleRuminationCondition assignmentTraining groupSalivary cortisolStress inductionCurrent studyTrainingParticipantsEmotionsTelomere length and cortisol reactivity in children of depressed mothers
Gotlib I, LeMoult J, Colich N, Foland-Ross L, Hallmayer J, Joormann J, Lin J, Wolkowitz O. Telomere length and cortisol reactivity in children of depressed mothers. Molecular Psychiatry 2014, 20: 615-620. PMID: 25266121, PMCID: PMC4419149, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderMedical illnessTelomere lengthDepressed mothersHPA axis activityOnset of depressionCortisol reactivityShort telomeresRecurrent episodesCortisol secretionDepressive disorderHistory of psychopathologyCortisol levelsOnset of disorderFamilial riskLaboratory stressorGreater cortisol reactivityDepressionImplicating dysregulationMothersIllnessDisordersPresent studyChildrenRisk