Patricia Brennan, Ph.D.

Recent Publications

Pargas RC, Brennan PA, Hammen C & LeBrocque R. (2010). Resilience to maternal depression in young adulthood.  Developmental Psychology, 46, 805-14.

Brand SA, Brennan PA, Newport DJ, Smith AK, Weiss T, & Stowe ZN. (2010).  The impact of maternal childhood abuse on maternal and infant HPA axis function in the postpartum period. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, 686-93.

Walker EF, Brennan PA, Esterberg M, Brasfield J, Pearce B & Compton MT  (2010).  Longitudinal changes in cortisol secretion and conversion to psychosis in at-risk youth. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.119, 401-8.

Hammen C, Brennan PA, Keenan-Miller D, Hazel N & Najman JM.  (2010).  Chronic and episodic stress, gender, and serotonin transporter gene-environment interactions predicting depression in young adults.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51, 180-187.

Keenan-Miller D, Hammen C & Brennan PA.  (In press).  Mediators of aggression among young adult offspring of depressed mothers.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Conway CC, Hammen C, Brennan PA, Lind PA & Najman JM. (In press).  Interaction of chronic stress with serotonin transporter and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase polymorphisms in predicting youth depression.  Depression and Anxiety.