Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning and dysfunctional attitude in depressed patients with and without childhood neglect

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Peng, Hongjun ^a   Long, Ying ^b   Li, Jie ^a   Guo, Yangbo ^a   Wu, Huawang ^a   Yang, YuLing ^a   Ding, Yi ^a   He, Jianfei ^a   Ning, Yuping ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau Housing Management   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood neglect; Depression; Dysfunctional attitude scale; HPA axis functioning

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894519429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-45     Document Type: Article

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