Effect of Childhood Emotional Abuse and Age on Cortisol Responsivity in Adulthood

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Carpenter, Linda L ^a   Tyrka, Audrey R ^a   Ross, Nicole S ^a   Khoury, Lamya ^a   Anderson, George M ^b   Price, Lawrence H ^a  

^a BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; cortisol; depression; HPA axis; mood disorders

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD ABUSE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349129000     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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