Cortisol awakening response in healthy children and children with ADHD: Impact of comorbid disorders and psychosocial risk factors

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1019-1028

  Freitag, Christine M ^a,d   Hänig, Susann ^a   Palmason, Haukur ^b   Meyer, Jobst ^b   Wüst, Stefan ^c   Seitz, Christiane ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Children; Conduct disorder; Cortisol awakening response; Oppositional defiant disorder

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 67349138817     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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