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Early morning cortisol response and emotional processing in adults exposed to postnatal depression in infancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J.-L. Douglas  and
C.-J. Harmer
J.-L. Douglas
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, OX3 7JX, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Emotional processing and cortisol were investigated in non-depressed young adults whose mothers experienced PND. PND-exposed participants (n = 11) had higher waking salivary cortisol and slower performance on an emotional categorization task than controls (n = 15). This supports the hypothesis that early exposure to maternal depression is associated with characteristics reminiscent of vulnerability to depression.

Keywords

Postnatal depressionEmotional processingCortisolHPA axis
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Short communication
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European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue 8 , November 2011 , pp. 479 - 481
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2011

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