Cortisol reactivity and suicidal behavior: Investigating the role of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress in suicide attempters and ideators

•Participants who had made a previous suicide attempt exhibited significantly lower cortisol response to acute stress.•Participants who made an attempt within the past year exhibited a blunted cortisol response to stress.•Participants who had made a suicide attempt and had a family history of suicid...

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Published in:	Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 75; pp. 183 - 191
Main Authors:	O’Connor, Daryl B., Green, Jessica A., Ferguson, Eamonn, O’Carroll, Ronan E., O’Connor, Rory C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Allostatic load Chronic stress Cortisol reactivity Endocrinology & Metabolism Female HPA axis Humans Hydrocortisone - metabolism Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - metabolism Male Middle Aged Pituitary-Adrenal System - metabolism Psychiatry Self-harm Stress, Psychological - metabolism Suicidal Ideation Suicide, Attempted Young Adult Allostatic load Chronic stress HPA axis Cortisol reactivity Self-harm
ISSN:	0306-4530, 1873-3360
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