BOUNCING BACK - TRAUMA AND THE HPA-AXIS IN HEALTHY ADULTS

Bouncing back - trauma and the HPA-axis in healthy adults

Dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA)-axis is thought Colloidal Minerals to underlie stress-related psychiatric disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Some studies have reported HPA-axis dysregulation in trauma-exposed (TE) adults in the absence of psychiatric morbidity.In this dissertation we set o

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An introductory overview on representation of dissident sexualities, abjection, and subversion in queer Gothic fiction

Queer Gothic may be considered one of the most recent subgenres of Gothic literature, being understood as a type of fiction in which body, gender and sexuality assume a central role.I approach the representation of queer sexualities in queer Gothic works, basing my analysis on the theory of abjection, as well as on other authors who work with Gothi

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COUNTRY RISK AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY: A VUCA WORLD APPROACH

The last three years were characterized by a climate of drastic change due to a cumulus of disturbances and crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, energy crisis, military conflicts, banking fragilities, populism, disinformation, and the idea of deglobalization.These types of events may be interpretated either as antecedents of new and com

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