Basal cortisol levels in relation to dimensions and DSM-IV categories of depression and anxiety

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 121-128

  Veen, Gerthe ^a   van Vliet, Irene M ^a   DeRijk, Roel H ^a   Giltay, Erik J ^a   van Pelt, Johannes ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depressive disorders; DSM IV classification; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Phenotype; Salivary cortisol; Tripartite model of anxiety and depression

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER CURVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650225381     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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