Parental Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Vulnerability Factor for Low Cortisol Trait in Offspring of Holocaust Survivors | Zendy

Rachel Yehuda | Zendy; Martin H. Teicher | Zendy; Jonathan R. Seckl | Zendy; Robert Grossman | Zendy; Adam Morris | Zendy; Linda M. Bierer | Zendy

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Parental Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Vulnerability Factor for Low Cortisol Trait in Offspring of Holocaust Survivors

Author(s) -

Rachel Yehuda,

Martin H. Teicher,

Jonathan R. Seckl,

Robert Grossman,

Adam Morris,

Linda M. Bierer

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

archives of general psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3636

pISSN - 0003-990X

DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.64.9.1040

Subject(s) - offspring , psychology , circadian rhythm , hydrocortisone , medicine , basal (medicine) , clinical psychology , endocrinology , physiology , developmental psychology , pregnancy , biology , genetics , insulin

Lower cortisol levels in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may reflect a preexisting vulnerability associated with developing the disorder after trauma exposure. Because offspring of trauma survivors with PTSD have a greater prevalence of PTSD after their own life events than offspring of trauma survivors without PTSD and offspring of nonexposed persons, examination of patterns of basal cortisol secretion in such offspring provides an opportunity to test this hypothesis.

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