Youth offspring of mothers with posttraumatic stress disorder have altered stress reactivity in response to a laboratory stressor

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-178

  Danielson, Carla Kmett ^a   Hankin, Benjamin L ^b   Badanes, Lisa S ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transmission; Psychopathology; Salivary cortisol; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; JUVENILE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGENY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SALIVA LEVEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922819952     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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