Cortisol levels in unmedicated patients with unipolar and bipolar major depression using hair and saliva specimens

Abstract Background Differentiating between unipolar and bipolar depression can be clinically challenging, especially at first presentation. Patterns of cortisol secretion could aid diagnostic discrimination in affective disorders although there has been little comparative research to date. In this...

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Main Authors: Andrés Herane-Vives, Danilo Arnone, Valeria de Angel, Andrew Papadopoulos, Toby Wise, Luis Alameda, Kia-Chong Chua, Allan H. Young, Anthony J. Cleare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-020-0180-x