Indication of attenuated DHEA-s response during acute psychosocial stress in patients with clinical burnout

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-111

  Lennartsson, Anna Karin ^a   Sjörs, Anna ^a   Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H ^a  

^a Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute stress response; Clinical burnout; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84937519075     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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