The neuroendocrinology of childhood trauma in personality disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-86

  Lee, Royce J ^a   Hempel, Jessica ^a   TenHarmsel, Aaron ^b   Liu, Tianmin ^c   Mathé, Aleksander A ^c   Klock, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Corticotropin releasing hormone factor; Cortisol; Personality disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 83055194716     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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