Salivary cortisol and posttraumatic stress disorder in a low-income community sample of women

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-626

  Young, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Tolman, Richard ^b   Witkowski, Kristine ^b   Kaplan, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Major depression; PTSD; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1542285874     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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