Hypoactivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in victims of mobbing: Role of the subjects' temperament and chronicity of the work-related psychological distress

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 381-383

  Monteleone, Palmiero ^a   Nolfe, Giovanni ^b   Serritella, Cristina ^a   Milano, Valter ^b   Di Cerbo, Arcangelo ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^b   Petrella, Claudio ^b   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ASL NA 1   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

BULLYING; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; JOB STRESS; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT;

AGGRESSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69749091791     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235980     Document Type: Letter

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