Dissociative symptoms and cortisol responses to recounting traumatic experiences among childhood sexual abuse survivors with PTSD

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 29-46

  Koopman, Cheryl ^a   Sephton, Sandra ^b   Abercrombie, Heather C ^a   Classen, Catherine ^a   Butler, Lisa D ^a   Gore Felton, Cheryl ^c   Borggrefe, Anne ^a   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cortisol; Dissociation; PTSD; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0347917314     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v04n04_03     Document Type: Article

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