The cortisol awakening response as a function of PTSD severity and abuse chronicity in sheltered battered women

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-800

  Johnson, Dawn M ^a   Delahanty, Douglas L ^b   Pinna, Keri ^b  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Cortisol; HPA axis; Intimate partner violence; PTSD

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

BATTERED WOMEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 43049168445     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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