Thyroid hormones and personality traits in attempted suicide

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1526-1532

  Sinai, Cave ^a   Hirvikoski, Tatja ^b   Vansvik, Eva Dencker ^a   Nordström, Anna Lena ^a   Linder, Jürgen ^a   Nordström, Peter ^a   Jokinen, Jussi ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Depression; HPT axis; Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP); Personality traits; T3 T4 ratio; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MIRTAZAPINE; SERTRALINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 70349817138     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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