Personal and family history of suicidal behaviour is associated with lower peripheral cortisol in depressed outpatients

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 368-373

  McGirr, Alexander ^a,b   Diaconu, Gabriel ^a   Berlim, Marcelo T ^a,c   Turecki, Gustavo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Family history of suicide; Suicide; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79955914873     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.10.050     Document Type: Article

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