Post-traumatic disorder symptoms and blunted diurnal cortisol production in partners of prostate cancer patients

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1181-1190

  Thomas, Kamala S ^a,b   Bower, Julienne E ^c,d   Williamson, Timothy J ^a   Hoyt, Michael A ^e   Wellisch, David ^d   Stanton, Annette L ^c,d   Irwin, Michael ^c,d  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Major depression; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prostate cancer; Spousal caregivers

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84862330024     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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