2022
Stressful life events, intimate partner violence, and perceived stress in the postpartum period: longitudinal findings in rural Pakistan
Haight SC, Gallis JA, Chung EO, Baranov V, Bibi A, Frost A, Hagaman A, Sikander S, Maselko J, Bates LM. Stressful life events, intimate partner violence, and perceived stress in the postpartum period: longitudinal findings in rural Pakistan. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2022, 57: 2193-2205. PMID: 36050505, PMCID: PMC10084399, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-022-02354-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-linear associations between HPA axis activity during infancy and mental health difficulties during early childhood among children in rural Pakistan.
Frost A, Hagaman A, Baranov V, Chung EO, Bhalotra S, Sikander S, Maselko J. Non-linear associations between HPA axis activity during infancy and mental health difficulties during early childhood among children in rural Pakistan. Development And Psychopathology 2022, 35: 2086-2095. PMID: 35959681, PMCID: PMC9922341, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579422000773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHPA axis activityMental health difficultiesAxis activityHealth difficultiesEarly childhoodHypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis activityPituitary-adrenal axis activitySDQ scoresAdrenal axis activityNon-linear associationLongitudinal cohortDepression trialsQuadratic associationHair cortisolDehydroepiandosteroneRural PakistanMental healthCortisolEarly adversitySignificant quadratic associationDifficulties QuestionnaireLow-resource contextsChildhoodChildrenAssociationAdverse childhood experiences and implications of perceived stress, anxiety and cortisol among women in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study
Ikram N, Frost A, LeMasters K, Hagaman A, Baranov V, Gallis J, Sikander S, Scherer E, Maselko J. Adverse childhood experiences and implications of perceived stress, anxiety and cortisol among women in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e052280. PMID: 35428618, PMCID: PMC9014037, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052280.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan
Hagaman AK, Baranov V, Chung E, LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Bates LM, Rahman A, Sikander S, Turner E, Maselko J. Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2020, 276: 592-599. PMID: 32871690, PMCID: PMC7792907, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkersChildDepressionFemaleHumansHydrocortisoneHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemInfantPakistanPituitary-Adrenal SystemPregnancyStress, PsychologicalConceptsHPA axis activityMaternal depressionSocio-economic statusYear postpartumDHEAS levelsAxis activityIntimate partner violenceInfant stress response systemsSignificant associationLow DHEAS levelsHPA axis dysregulationHPA axis hormonesOne-year-old infantsYears of ageConsistent significant associationsChildren's HPA-axis activityHigher socio-economic statusSignificant positive associationAxis dysregulationAxis hormonesAdrenal axisStress-related diseasesDHEA activityInfant cortisolDepression severity
2014
Reflechi twòp—Thinking Too Much: Description of a Cultural Syndrome in Haiti’s Central Plateau
Kaiser BN, McLean KE, Kohrt BA, Hagaman AK, Wagenaar BH, Khoury NM, Keys HM. Reflechi twòp—Thinking Too Much: Description of a Cultural Syndrome in Haiti’s Central Plateau. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2014, 38: 448-472. PMID: 25038935, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-014-9380-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnxietyCultureDepressionFemaleHaitiHumansLanguageMental DisordersStress, PsychologicalSuicidal IdeationSyndromeConceptsHaiti's Central PlateauMental illnessMental disordersEarly clinical recognitionCommon mental disordersSevere mental disordersTimes greater oddsBeck Depression InventoryModerate mental illnessBeck Anxiety InventoryIdioms of distressClinical recognitionGreater oddsDepression InventorySuicidal ideationSyndromePsychosocial sufferingEpidemiologic methodsIllnessAnxiety InventoryPsychosisGreater scoresDisordersDistressMild