2023
Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRisk
2014
Telomere length and cortisol reactivity in children of depressed mothers
Gotlib I, LeMoult J, Colich N, Foland-Ross L, Hallmayer J, Joormann J, Lin J, Wolkowitz O. Telomere length and cortisol reactivity in children of depressed mothers. Molecular Psychiatry 2014, 20: 615-620. PMID: 25266121, PMCID: PMC4419149, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderMedical illnessTelomere lengthDepressed mothersHPA axis activityOnset of depressionCortisol reactivityShort telomeresRecurrent episodesCortisol secretionDepressive disorderHistory of psychopathologyCortisol levelsOnset of disorderFamilial riskLaboratory stressorGreater cortisol reactivityDepressionImplicating dysregulationMothersIllnessDisordersPresent studyChildrenRisk