Salivary cortisol levels and the cortisol response to dexamethasone before and after EMDR: A case report

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1521-1530

  Heber, Ruth ^a,c   Kellner, Michael ^b   Yehuda, Rachel ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dexamethasone suppression test; EMDR; Neuroendocrine; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DEXAMETHASONE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036894689     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10102     Document Type: Article

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