Saliva cortisol and male depressive syndrome in a community study. the Sudurnesjamenn study

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 145-152

  Sigurdsson, Bjarni ^a   Palsson, Sigurdur Pall ^b   Johannsson, Magnus ^a   Olafsdottir, Maria ^c   Aevarsson, Olafur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c Primary Health Care Center   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Community study; Cortisol variation; Depressive symptoms; Males; Mental health

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE DEPRESSIVE SYNDROME; MENTAL HEALTH; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NIGHT; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA;

EID: 84878057940     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2012.704069     Document Type: Review

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