Cortisol reactivity to social stress in adolescents: Role of depression severity and child maltreatment

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Harkness, Kate L ^a   Stewart, Jeremy G ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child maltreatment; Cortisol; Depression; Severity; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551504494     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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