Overnight urinary cortisol release in women with borderline personality disorder depends on comorbid PTSD and depressive psychopathology.

  • Katja Wingenfeld
  • Martin Driessen
  • Bettina Adam
  • Andreas Hill

Abstract

Free cortisol was investigated in BPD patients and healthy controls. A positive association was found between cortisol and depression scores, while the number of PTSD symptoms was negatively correlated with cortisol release. These findings suggest that alterations in cortisol release in BPD are strongly associated with the severity of psychopathology.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number5
ISSN0924-9338
Publication statusPublished - 2007
pubmed 17142011