A comparative study on hair cortisol concentration among generalized anxiety disorder patients with and without alcohol dependence syndrome presenting to a tertiary care center: A pilot study
HairF were found to be higher in patients with GAD irrespective of ADS as comorbidity. The study supports the possibility of the HairF as a possible biomarker to detect GAD and play a complementary role in a multidimensional approach for management of chronic stress and anxiety.
Authors
- Somashekhar Bijjal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3328-042X)
- Vijaykumar Harbishettar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-5363)
- Ravish Huchegowda
- Manoj Kumar Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1129-1814)
- Srinivas Deshpande
- Srinivas H. Gowda
- G M Raju
Institutions
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_520_24
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.29