Depersonalization experiences in undergraduates are related to heightened stress cortisol responses

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 282-287

  Giesbrecht, Timo ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cortisol response; Dissociation; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; STRESS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MINORS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 34247191209     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000253822.60618.60     Document Type: Article

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