The lifetime experience of traumatic events is associated with hair cortisol concentrations in community-based children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 276-281

  Simmons, Julian G ^a,b,c   Badcock, Paul B ^a,b,d   Whittle, Sarah L ^c   Byrne, Michelle L ^a,e   Mundy, Lisa ^c   Patton, George C ^c   Olsson, Craig A ^a,c,f   Allen, Nicholas B ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Childhood Adversity; Cortisol; Depression; Hair; HPA; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; HAIR; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84949883908     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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