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Longitudinal Associations between Hair Cortisol, PTSD Symptoms, and Sleep Disturbances in a Sample of Firefighters with Duty-related Trauma Exposure
2021-08-25
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have found evidence of altered cortisol levels in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Based on these findings, it is assumed that these patients may show signs of cortisol dysregulation after trauma. Posttrauma cortisol levels are thus considered a potential biomarker of PTSD. However, longitudinal studies using indicators of long-term cortisol secretion (such as hair cortisol conce...
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- Literature Corpus work
- aa83c13e-9c90-5d0b-b97d-eaae58d55deb
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.08.22.21262402
