Background Females are at higher risk for developing depression during adolescence than are males, particularly during exposure to stressors like the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining structural connections between brain regions involved in executive …
Background Neurobiological measures may inform our understanding of individual differences in adolescents’ general risk for and resilience to depressive symptoms, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. We tested a developmental model linking …
The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique period of stress and uncertainty that will have significant implications for adolescent mental health. Nevertheless, stress about COVID-19 may be more consequential for some adolescents’ mental health than for …
Background Early pubertal maturation has been posited to be a biopsychosocial risk factor for the onset of internalizing psychopathology in adolescence; further, early-maturing youths exhibit heightened reactivity to stressful events. School closures …
WGN News Nation Interview with Rajpreet Chahal, Ph.D. on 10/17/2020.
NBC Stay Tuned Interview with Rajpreet Chahal, Ph.D. & Ian Gotlib, Ph.D. on 10/05/2020. Aired on SnapChat News on 10/07/2020
Stanford News Article Featuring Rajpreet Chahal, Ph.D. & Ian Gotlib, Ph.D. on 09/22/2020.
Background: Exposure to early life stress (ELS) is alarmingly prevalent and has been linked to the high rates of depression documented in adolescence. Researchers have theorized that ELS may increase adolescents' vulnerability or reactivity to the …