Salivary cortisol and post traumatic stress symptoms : -a ten year follow-up of Swedish UN soldiers after a 6 months mission in Bosnia

Mental effects of severe psychological distress and psychological reactions to combat experiences have been studied in many aspects during the past century. This is to my knowledge the first time a ten-year follow-up study of salivary cortisol concentrations measured by immunoassays in relation to posttraumatic symptoms according to the Impact of Event Scale (IES) is made. The study was performed on 78 Swedish UN soldiers after a 6-months mission in the former republic of Yugoslavia…

Contents

Introduction
Method and material
Statistics
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
References
Appendix I – Impact of Event Scale

Author: Colnerud Nilsson, Emma

Source: Linköping University

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