Previous correlational research shows that childhood adversity is associated with earlier age of reproduction in humans and other species. Such studies, however, cannot show that stressful conditions cause earlier reproduction. Using the cold-pressor task, we built on previous work to test the idea that acute stress influences human reproductive and marital ideals, and that individual stress re...

background: evidence shows that in iran alcohol abuse rate may be of concern, especially among the youth. the mental and social health and addiction department of the ministry of health and medical education has designed a plan to prevent, treat, and rehabilitate the patients abusing alcohol in a time period of 2011‑2015. methods: in a 6‑month period, three guiding committees of experts in the ...