Associations between age and cortisol awakening response in patients with borderline personality disorder

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-565742
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.56574

Rausch, Juliane ; Flach, Elisa ; Panizza, Angelika ; Brunner, Romuald

; Herpertz, Sabine C. ; Kaess, Michael ; Bertsch, Katja

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Abstract

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often display increased stress vulnerability, which may be linked to altered hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning. Corresponding deviations of the cortisol awakening response (CAR) are presumed to mirror maladaptive neuroendocrine processes, which may explain why CARs are increased compared to healthy controls (HC). Prior ...