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Hair cortisol predicts avoidance behavior and depressiveness after first-time and single-event trauma exposure in motor vehicle crash victims

Clemens KirschbaumJaroslav PyrcSusann Steudte-schmiedgenSusann WichmannKatja PetrowskiKatja Petrowski

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medicine.medical_specialtyHydrocortisonePhysiologyEvent (relativity)Vulnerability factorStress Disorders Post-Traumatic03 medical and health sciencesBehavioral Neuroscience0302 clinical medicinePhysical medicine and rehabilitationAvoidance LearningHumansMedicineProspective StudiesEndocrine and Autonomic Systemsbusiness.industry030227 psychiatryMotor VehiclesPsychiatry and Mental healthNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyFemalesense organsbusinessStress Psychological030217 neurology & neurosurgeryMotor vehicle crash

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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 predictive value of pre- and post-traumatic hair cortisol concentrations (HCCs) for psychological trauma sequelae was investigated in response to motor vehicle crash (MVC). A total of

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2020-05-14Stress
https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2020.1714585