Association between alexithymia and neuroendocrine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2006, Pages 425-427

  McCaslin, Shannon E ^a,b   Inslicht, Sabra S ^a,b   Neylan, Thomas C ^a,b   Metzler, Thomas J ^a,b   Otte, Christian ^c   Lenoci, Maryann ^b   Henn Haase, Clare ^a,b   Best, Suzanne ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^d   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Neuroendocrine; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ALEXITHYMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; POLICE; SALIVARY GLAND; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33746448712     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1364.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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