Responsivity to stress in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder due to childhood sexual abuse

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 408-410

  Klumpers, Ursula M H ^a,c   Timmerman, Leo ^a   Loonen, Anton J M ^a   Tulen, Joke H M ^b   Fekkes, Durk ^b   Boomsma, Frans ^b  

^a Delta Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRESS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 4243068472     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.2.408-410     Document Type: Article

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