Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in non-clinical psychosis. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • While studies have examined psychosocial stress in non-clinical psychosis (NCP), it is unclear if the elevated cortisol seen in schizophrenia also occurs in this group. Cortisol was sampled in High- and Low-NCP groups, and findings of elevated resting cortisol in the former suggest that hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis dysfunction underlies a psychosis continuum. Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • Psychiatry research

author list (cited authors)

  • Mittal, V. A., Orr, J. M., Pelletier, A., Dean, D. J., Smith, A., & Lunsford-Avery, J.

complete list of authors

  • Mittal, VA||Orr, JM||Pelletier, A||Dean, DJ||Smith, A||Lunsford-Avery, J

publication date

  • January 2013