Cortisol response to an experimental stress paradigm prospectively predicts long-term distress and resilience trajectories in response to active police service

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-42

  Galatzer Levy, Isaac R ^a,b   Steenkamp, Maria M ^a,b   Brown, Adam D ^b,g   Qian, Meng ^a   Inslicht, Sabra ^c,f   Henn Haase, Clare ^a,b   Otte, Christian ^d   Yehuda, Rachel ^e   Neylan, Thomas C ^c,f   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c San Francisco Hospital   (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Distress; Neuroendocrine; Police; Prospective; Resilience

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; POLICE SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VIGNETTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84903781308     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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