Hair cortisol, stress exposure, and mental health in humans: A systematic review

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1220-1235

  Staufenbiel, Sabine M ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b   Spijker, Anne T ^c   Elzinga, Bernet M ^d,e   van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PsyQ The Hague   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hair cortisol; Psychopathology; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JOB STRESS; LIFE STRESS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEONATAL STRESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENTAL DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878633096     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.11.015     Document Type: Review

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