Cortisol response to stress as a predictor for suicidal ideation in youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between cortisol response to stress and suicidal ideation (SI) cross-sectionally and longitudinally in our sample of bereaved and non-bereaved youth.

Methods

The sample included 114 youth bereaved by sudden parental death and 109 non-bereaved controls, mean age of 12.3 (SD = 3.6), evaluated at four time-points over an average follow-up period of 7 years. The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was conducted on average 6 years after bereavement. We used latent class analyses to examine the trajectories of SI over follow-up and up to the time of the TSST and compare them on cortisol measures. We examined whether cortisol measures predicted future SI at 18.5 months on average after the TSST.

Results

Bereavement was associated with higher

SUBMITTER: Shalev A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711816 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature