Commentary

Abstract

The article comments on the study "Effects of a psychosocial family-based preventive intervention on cortisol response to a social challenge in preschoolers at high risk for antisocial behavior," by L.M. Brotman and colleagues. It praises the study's approach to experimenting on early prevention of antisocial behaviour. It notes that the study is important because it innovates in its use of a biological approach to the assessment of psychosocial interventions.