Increased Waking Salivary Cortisol and Depression Risk in Preschoolers: The Role of Maternal History of Melancholic Depression and Early Child Temperament

BACKGROUND: Elevated morning cortisol is a prospective predictor of major depression and may serve as a vulnerability marker. We examined the relation between morning cortisol and two prominent risk factors for depression in preschool-aged children: maternal depression and child temperament. We also...

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Main Authors: Dougherty, Lea R., Klein, Daniel N., Olino, Thomas M., Dyson, Margaret, Rose, Suzanne
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804780/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19686335
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02116.x
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