Predictive factors occurred in the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in masculin subjects which lived events of everyday life extremely stressing (natural catastrophic and terrorism): Prolactin and cortisol responses to low dose of dexamethason (0.5 mg);Facteurs prédictifs de la survenue du stress post-traumatique chez des individus ayant vécu deux évènements de vie majeurs (tremblement de terre et terrorisme en Algérie) : réponse corticotrope et prolactinique à une faible dose de dexaméthasone (0,5 mg)

Evolution Psychiatrique

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 581-591

  Frih, Hacène ^a   Sahraoui, Leila ^a,b   Frih, Nabila ^b,c   Toumi, Liamine ^a,b   Bairi, Abdelmajid ^a,b   Tahraoui, Abdelkrim ^a,b   Maurel, Daniel ^b,d   Siaud, Philippe ^b,d  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b Alger   (Algeria)

^c Benaknoun University Hospital   (Algeria)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dexamethasone; Prolactin; PTSD

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; TERRORISM;

EID: 72149086675     PISSN: 00143855     EISSN: 17696674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evopsy.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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