Cortisol response to interpersonal stress in young adults with borderline personality disorder: a pilot study.
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation after stress was found to be associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Nine female BPD young adults and 12 control subjects were investigated for stress reactivity and recovery after an interpersonal conflict discussion with their mothers. BPD subjects showed a delayed cortisol response after psychosocial stress.
Walter
Marc
M
Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Wilhelm Klein-Strasse 27, CH-4025 Basel, Switzerland. marc.walter@upkbs.ch
Bureau
Jean-François
JF
Holmes
Bjarne M
BM
Bertha
Eszter A
EA
Hollander
Michael
M
Wheelis
Joan
J
Brooks
Nancy Hall
NH
Lyons-Ruth
Karlen
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000097:blood*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
D006854:Hydrocortisone