Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The present study is part of a longitudinal study of recently resettled refugees with the aim of learning which factors in their daily life influence health as measured by self-report and stress-responsive hormones. METHODS:In a group of recently resettled refugees with a high incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), diagnosed by structured interview, self-rated symptoms of PTSD were followed three times over a period of 9 months after inclusion in the study. Eighty-six individuals were included in the study and 58 subjects (67.4%) completed it. Blood samples were drawn at each examination for assessment of hormone levels. RESULTS:After adjustment for age, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-s) was observed to be higher in non-depressed PTSD cases than in non-PTSD without depression. There was an interaction between PTSD and depression regarding DHEA-s levels. DHEA-s correlated significantly with changes in self-rated symptoms of PTSD at last follow-up; the greater the increase in PTSD symptoms, the greater the increase in plasma DHEA-s. The variation of DHEA-s levels in relation to changes in self-rated health in non-PTSD showed the opposite pattern, although not reaching significance. CONCLUSIONS:The finding of changes in DHEA-s should encourage further studies of the role of altered steroid metabolism in PTSD.
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Psychother Psychosomjournal_title
Psychotherapy and psychosomaticsauthors
Söndergaard HP,Hansson LO,Theorell Tdoi
10.1159/000064806subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-09-01 00:00:00pages
298-303issue
5eissn
0033-3190issn
1423-0348pii
pps71298journal_volume
71pub_type
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