Impact of childhood trauma on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in alcohol-dependent patients

European Addiction Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Schäfer, Ingo ^a,b   Teske, Lisa ^a   Schulze Thüsing, Juliane ^a   Homann, Katrin ^a   Reimer, Jens ^a,b   Haasen, Christian ^a,b   Hissbach, Johanna ^a   Wiedemann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abuse; Addiction; Adrenocorticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950279874     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000294362     Document Type: Article

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