Cortisol awakening response over the course of humanitarian aid deployment: a prospective cohort study

Cortisol awakening response over the course of humanitarian aid deployment: a prospective cohort study

Background: Internationally deployed humanitarian aid (HA) workers are routinely confronted with potentially traumatic stressors. However, it remains unknown whether HA deployment and related traumatic stress are associated with long-term changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function...

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Main Authors: Yulan Qing, Mirjam van Zuiden, Cynthia Eriksson, Barbara Lopes Cardozo, Winnifred Simon, Alastair Ager, Leslie Snider, Miriam Lewis Sabin, Willem Scholte, Reinhard Kaiser, Bas Rijnen, Miranda Olff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Subjects:
humanitarian aid
prospective study
hpa axis
trauma history
deployment
perceived social support
ptsd
depression
anxiety
cortisol
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1816649

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1816649

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