Hair cortisol predicts avoidance behavior and depressiveness after first-time and single event trauma exposure in motor vehicle crash victims - Petrowski K, Wichmann S, Pyrc J, Steudte-Schmiedgen S, Kirschbaum C.

The role of cortisol as a premorbid vulnerability factor for trauma sequelae remains unclear. Furthermore, the onset of long-term endocrine changes in response to first time trauma as a function of later psychopathology is not clarified yet. Thus the predi...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news