Dissociation versus posttraumatic stress: Cortisol and physiological correlates in adults highly exposed to the World Trade Center attack on 9/11

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Simeon, Daphne ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b   Knutelska, Margaret ^a   Schmeidler, James ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Disaster; Dissociation; Heart rate; Posttraumatic stress; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 55749105530     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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