Hair cortisol in drug-naïve first-episode individuals with psychosis

Objectives: To compare hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) in drug-naïve first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients and healthy controls and to investigate the correlations between HCC and psychopathology. Methods: Twenty-four drug-naïve FEP patients and 27 gender- and age-matched healthy control subjec...

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Main Authors: Elvis H. Andrade, Lucas B. Rizzo, Cristiano Noto, Vanessa K. Ota, Ary Gadelha, Ledo Daruy-Filho, Brazílio de C. Tasso, Rodrigo B. Mansur, Quirino Cordeiro, Síntia I. Belangero, Rodrigo A. Bressan, Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira, Elisa Brietzke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2016-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016000100011&lng=en&tlng=en