Non-response of cortisol during stressful exposure therapy in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder-Preliminary results

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-114

  Kellner, Michael ^a   Wiedemann, Klaus ^a   Yassouridis, Alexander ^b   Muhtz, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Exposure therapy; HPA axis; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPOSURE WITH RESPONSE PREVENTION THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE UNITS OF DISTRESS SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869176717     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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