TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Overnight urinary cortisol release in women with borderline personality disorder depends on comorbid PTSD and depressive psychopathology
JO  - European psychiatry
A1  - Wingenfeld, Katja
A1  - Driessen, Martin
A1  - Adam, Bettina
A1  - Hill, Andreas
SP  - 309
EP  - 312
VL  - 22
IS  - 5
N2  - Free cortisol was investigated in BPD patients and healthy controls. A positive association was found between cortisol and depression scores, while the number of PTSD symptoms was negatively correlated with cortisol release. These findings suggest that alterations in cortisol release in BPD are strongly associated with the severity of psychopathology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0924-9338
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.09.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -