Childhood trauma and personality disorder: Positive correlation with adult CSF corticotropin-releasing factor concentrations

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 995-997

  Lee, Royce ^a   Geracioti Jr , Thomas D ^b   Kasckow, John W ^b   Coccaro, Emil F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 18744391422     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.995     Document Type: Article

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