ArticleBrain sciences2019
Victims of War: Dehydroepiandrosterone Concentrations in Hair and Their Associations with Trauma Sequelae in Palestinian Adolescents Living in the West Bank.
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- The role of long-term hair steroids as diagnostic and intervention-related biomarkers in a multimorbid inpatient sample with posttraumatic stress disorder.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Trial
- Anxiety: An overlooked confounder in the characterisation of chronic stress-related conditions?PloS one · 2020Trial
- Current Strategies and Future Directions of Wearable Biosensors for Measuring Stress Biochemical Markers for Neuropsychiatric Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Hair hormone data from Syrian refugee children: Perspectives from a two-year longitudinal study.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Review
- Non-linear associations between HPA axis activity during infancy and mental health difficulties during early childhood among children in rural Pakistan.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- War exposure, post-traumatic stress symptoms and hair cortisol concentrations in Syrian refugee children.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Observational
- Effects of a maternal psychosocial intervention on hair derived biomarkers of HPA axis function in mothers and children in rural Pakistan.SSM. Mental health · 2022Article
- The Stress of Caring-Resilience and HPA-Axis Activity in Hair Samples of Youth Residential Caregivers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
Due to its anti-glucocorticoid properties, the steroid hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) might play a role for coping with traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The majority of studies report elevated DHEA secretion and decreased cortisol/DHEA ratio associated with traumatic stress, however, contrasting results have also been published. One reason for this heterogeneity might be that in past studies, DHEA has been measured in plasma or saliva samples reflecting acute hormone levels. In comparison, the current study assessed the hair levels of DHEA and cortisol as long-term markers along with self-reported data on psychopathology and coping in 92 female adolescents aged 11⁻16 from the West Bank affected by the Israeli⁻Palestinian conflict. Results showed that trauma-exposed individuals had significantly higher DHEA levels (
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