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Ten-year follow-up study of cortisol levels in aging holocaust survivors with and without PTSD

✍ Scribed by Rachel Yehuda; Adam Morris; Ellen Labinsky; Shelly Zemelman; James Schmeidler

Book ID
102450394
Publisher
Springer
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
96 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-9867

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Abstract

To investigate the longitudinal course of mean 24‐hour urinary cortisol excretion in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the authors evaluated 24‐hour cortisol excretion in 28 Holocaust survivors 10 years after obtaining an initial estimate. Cortisol levels increased in participants whose PTSD had remitted (n = 3) but declined in participants who developed PTSD (n = 3) or whose PTSD status did not change over time (PTSD+: n = 14, PTSDβˆ’: n = 8). Cortisol levels at Time 1 predicted diagnostic status change better than psychological variables, including exposure to traumatic events between assessments. The authors conclude that cortisol levels are affected by change in PTSD status and age.

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