ArticleThe EPMA journal2022
Hair cortisol level might be indicative for a 3PM approach towards suicide risk assessment in depression: comparative analysis of mentally stable and depressed individuals versus individuals after completing suicide.
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- Cortisol levels and depression suicide risk: a combined exploration of meta-analysis and case-control study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Potential Inflammatory Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder Related to Suicidal Behaviors: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Hair cortisol concentrations as a putative biomarker for suicidal behavior.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Dwarf Updated Pelican Optimization Algorithm for Depression and Suicide Detection from Social Media.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a prediction model for the depressive symptom risk in commercial airline pilots.The EPMA journal · 2025Article
- Do Cortisol Levels Play a Role in Suicidal Behaviors and Non-Suicidal Self-Injuries in Children and Adolescents?-A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Fur Cortisol in French Bulldogs with Different Manifestations of Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Clarifying sleep characteristics and analyzing risk factors of sleep disorders to promote a predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine in patients with burn scars.The EPMA journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Depression and suicidal behavior are interrelated, stress-associated mental health conditions, each lacking biological verifiability. Concepts of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine (3PM) are almost completely missing for both conditions but are of utmost importance. Prior research reported altered levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the scalp hair of depressed individuals, however, data on hair cortisol levels (HCL) for suicide completers (SC) are missing. Here, we aimed to identify differences in HCL between subject with depression (
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