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HPA axis function and symptoms in adolescents at clinical high risk for schizophrenia

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Corcoran, C.M., Smith, C., McLaughlin, D., Auther, A., Malaspina, D., Cornblatt, B.·2012·Schizophrenia Research

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Background Stress sensitivity and HPA axis activity may be relevant to the development and expression of psychotic disorders. Cortisol secretion has been associated with positive symptoms both in patients with psychotic disorders and in young people at clinical risk for psychosis. Herein, we aimed to replicate these findings, to determine which positive symptoms may be associated with cortisol levels, and to explore any associations with affective symptoms and impaired stress tolerance.Methods Thirty-one clinical high risk patients were evaluated in cross-section for associations between salivary cortisol levels upon clinic entry at 11 am, demographic variables, and clinical symptoms.Results Salivary cortisol levels were unrelated to medication exposure or demographics, except for higher levels in the ten females studied. Salivary cortisol bore no relationship to overall positive symptom severity but was associated with anxiety, as well as with suspiciousness and impaired stress tolerance, which were themselves highly intercorrelated.Conclusions Cortisol secretion in the context of a putative novel social situation (i.e. clinic entry) may be a biological correlate of suspiciousness, impaired stress tolerance and affective symptoms in individuals vulnerable to developing psychosis. These associations are consistent with findings from experience sampling studies in individuals at risk for psychosis as well as basic studies of animal models of schizophrenia.

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Authors
Corcoran, C. M., Smith, C., McLaughlin, D., Auther, A., Malaspina, D., & Cornblatt, B.
Affiliations
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • Zucker Hillside Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Corcoran, C.M.
Venue
Schizophrenia Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-03
Volume
135
Issue
1-3
Pages
170-174
ISSN
0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2051331751
Cited by
85
References
45
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FWCI
7.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH061523, MH-61523, P30MH060575, K23MH066279)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Keywords
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, salivary cortisol
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Saliva, Schizophrenia, Sex Factors, Cohort Studies, Statistics, Nonparametric

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