Citation

Inslicht SS, Marmar CR, Neylan TC, Metzler TJ, Hart SL, Otte C, McCaslin SE, Larkin GL, Hyman KB, Baum A. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2006; 1071: 428-429.

Affiliation

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street (116P), San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. Sabra.Inslicht@med.va.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1196/annals.1364.035

PMID

16891591

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a chronic and recurrent traumatic stressor associated with PTSD; however, its biological correlates are not well understood. This study examined diurnal salivary cortisol and platelet catecholamines in women with lifetime IPV-related PTSD and in women exposed to IPV who did not develop PTSD. Cortisol was elevated in women with lifetime PTSD compared to controls. No differences were found for platelet catecholamines.

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