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Hair cortisol, stress exposure, and mental health in humans: A systematic review

TL;DR: A first implication is made that the dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the development and/or maintenance of psychopathology may be more subtle than it is in healthy but chronically stressed populations.
About: This article is published in Psychoneuroendocrinology.The article was published on 2013-08-01. It has received 568 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chronic stress & Anxiety.
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TL;DR: To advance a more standardised, evidence based approach to mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes, an International Olympic Committee Consensus Work Group critically evaluated the current state of science and provided recommendations.
Abstract: Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot be separated from physical health, as evidenced by mental health symptoms and disorders increasing the risk of physical injury and delaying subsequent recovery. There are no evidence or consensus based guidelines for diagnosis and management of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes. Diagnosis must differentiate character traits particular to elite athletes from psychosocial maladaptations.Management strategies should address all contributors to mental health symptoms and consider biopsychosocial factors relevant to athletes to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Management must involve both treatment of affected individual athletes and optimising environments in which all elite athletes train and compete. To advance a more standardised, evidence based approach to mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes, an International Olympic Committee Consensus Work Group critically evaluated the current state of science and provided recommendations.

513 citations

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TL;DR: A first comprehensive meta-analysis of hair cortisol concentrations research based on aggregated data from a total of 124 (sub)samples reveals positive associations of HCC with stress-related anthropometric measures and hemodynamic measures (systolic blood pressure).

507 citations


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  • ...Second, we sought to elucidate the relationship of HCC with chronic stress-related constructs, as previous findings in this context have been particularly puzzling (Stalder and Kirschbaum, 2012; Staufenbiel et al., 2013)....

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TL;DR: The results show that there is strong evidence for improved affect as well as on heat reduction from urban natural environments, and guidelines on how public health and well-being could be integrated into implementation of NBS for resilient and liveable urban landscapes and health in a changing climate are provided.

461 citations

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TL;DR: An integrative working model is articulated, highlighting how stressor exposures across the life course influence habitual responding and stress reactivity, and how health behaviors interact with stress, and a Stress Typology articulating timescales for stress measurement is offered.

435 citations


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  • ...Meta-analytic and descriptive reviews show that chronic stress is associated with elevated long-term cortisol secretion (Stalder et al., 2017; Staufenbiel et al., 2013), with stressor duration and recency since stressor onset being important factors in shaping basal cortisol levels (Miller et al.,…...

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TL;DR: The available data suggest that targeting inflammation may serve as a potential therapeutic target for treating fear- and anxiety-based disorders in the future, but the field must continue to characterize the specific role pro-inflammatory signaling in the maintenance of these unique psychiatric conditions.

425 citations


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  • ...Hair cortisol levels are elevated in individuals with GAD and PD (Staufenbiel et al, 2013) and increased salivary cortisol concentrations have been associated with late-life GAD (Mantella et al, 2008)....

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TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
Abstract: Contents: Prefaces. The Concepts of Power Analysis. The t-Test for Means. The Significance of a Product Moment rs (subscript s). Differences Between Correlation Coefficients. The Test That a Proportion is .50 and the Sign Test. Differences Between Proportions. Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables. The Analysis of Variance and Covariance. Multiple Regression and Correlation Analysis. Set Correlation and Multivariate Methods. Some Issues in Power Analysis. Computational Procedures.

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TL;DR: The Perceived Stress Scale showed adequate reliability and, as predicted, was correlated with life-event scores, depressive and physical symptomatology, utilization of health services, social anxiety, and smoking-reduction maintenance and was a better predictor of the outcome in question than were life- event scores.
Abstract: This paper presents evidence from three samples, two of college students and one of participants in a community smoking-cessation program, for the reliability and validity of a 14-item instrument, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), designed to measure the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. The PSS showed adequate reliability and, as predicted, was correlated with life-event scores, depressive and physical symptomatology, utilization of health services, social anxiety, and smoking-reduction maintenance. In all comparisons, the PSS was a better predictor of the outcome in question than were life-event scores. When compared to a depressive symptomatology scale, the PSS was found to measure a different and independently predictive construct. Additional data indicate adequate reliability and validity of a four-item version of the PSS for telephone interviews. The PSS is suggested for examining the role of nonspecific appraised stress in the etiology of disease and behavioral disorders and as an outcome measure of experienced levels of stress.

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"Hair cortisol, stress exposure, and..." refers background or methods in this paper

  • ...It is an established assumption that the impact of stressful events is not only caused by the intensity of this event but also influenced by individual and contextual factors (Mason, 1971; Cohen et al., 1983)....

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  • ..., 2008), by the fact that most studies used a hair sample reflecting the average cortisol exposure of three months whereas the commonly used perceived stress scale (PSS) includes only the previous four weeks (Cohen et al., 1983), or by problems that arise with retrospective subjective assessment like recall bias or social desirability bias (Stalder et al....

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  • ...For example, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) (Cohen et al., 1983) is a widely used tool to assess the perception of stress by means of 4, 10, or 14 items....

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TL;DR: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) (American Psychiatric Association], 2000) is a compendium of mental disorders, a listing of the criteria used to diagnose them, and a detailed system for their definition, organization, and classification.
Abstract: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000) is a compendium of mental disorders, a listing of the criteria used to diagnose them, and a detailed system for their definition, organization, and classification. Put simply, it is the primary diagnostic manual for mental health professionals in the United States and much of the Western world. Diagnosis refers to the identification and labeling of a mental disorder by examination and analysis. Mental health professionals diagnose individuals based on the symptoms that they report experiencing and the signs of illness with which they present. The DSM-IV-TR aids professionals in understanding and diagnosing mental disorders through its provision of explicit diagnostic criteria and an official classification system. Keywords: diagnosis; classification; mental illness; psychopathology

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TL;DR: In response to stress, the brain activates several neuropeptide-secreting systems, which eventually leads to the release of adrenal corticosteroid hormones, which subsequently feed back on the brain and bind to two types of nuclear receptor that act as transcriptional regulators as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In response to stress, the brain activates several neuropeptide-secreting systems. This eventually leads to the release of adrenal corticosteroid hormones, which subsequently feed back on the brain and bind to two types of nuclear receptor that act as transcriptional regulators. By targeting many genes, corticosteroids function in a binary fashion, and serve as a master switch in the control of neuronal and network responses that underlie behavioural adaptation. In genetically predisposed individuals, an imbalance in this binary control mechanism can introduce a bias towards stress-related brain disease after adverse experiences. New candidate susceptibility genes that serve as markers for the prediction of vulnerable phenotypes are now being identified.

3,727 citations