Effects of childhood trauma on cortisol levels in suicide attempters and ideators

Objectives: Suicide is a global health issue. Dysregulated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity, as measured by cortisol levels, has been identified as one potential risk factor for suicide. Recent evidence has indicated that blunted cortisol reactivity to stress is associated with sui...

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Main Authors: O'Connor, Daryl B., Green, Jessica A., Ferguson, Eamonn, O’Carroll, Ronan E., O'Connor, Rory C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48099/
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