Salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in adolescent rape victims with post traumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 408-415

  Bicanic, Iva A E ^a   Postma, Riemke M ^a   Sinnema, Gerben ^a   De Roos, Carlijn ^b   Olff, Miranda ^c   Van Wesel, Floryt ^d   Van de Putte, Elise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Psychotrauma Centre for Children and Youth   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS); Dexamethasone suppression test (DST); Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SALIVA LEVEL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; RAPE; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84875279957     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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