Psychological, endocrine and neural responses to social evaluation in subclinical depression

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1632-1644

  Dedovic, Katarina ^a   Duchesne, Annie ^b   Engert, Veronika ^c   Lue, Sonja Damika ^b   Andrews, Julie ^b   Efanov, Simona I ^d   Beaudry, Thomas ^b   Pruessner, Jens C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Maxplanck Institute   (Germany)

^d The Chicago School of Professional Psychology   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Social evaluation; Subclinical depression; Subgenual anterior cingulate cortex; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922326450     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst151     Document Type: Article

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