Thyroid Hormone Levels and Psychological Symptoms in Sexually Abused Adolescent Girls

Autor/inn/en	Haviland, Mark G.; Sonne, Janet L.; Anderson, Donald L.; Nelson, Jerald C.; Sheridan-Matney, Clare; Nichols, Joy G.; Carlton, Esther I.; Murdoch, William G. C.
Titel	Thyroid Hormone Levels and Psychological Symptoms in Sexually Abused Adolescent Girls
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (2006) 6, S.589-598 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.011
Schlagwörter	Females; Sexual Abuse; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Depression (Psychology); Child Abuse; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Adolescents; Correlation; Case Studies; Psychological Patterns; Preadolescents; Metabolism; Physiology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Stoffwechsel; Physiologie
Abstract	Objective: To explore the relationships between psychological symptoms and thyroid hormone levels in adolescent girls who had experienced the traumatic stress of sexual abuse. Method: The study design was cross-sectional/correlational. Subjects ("N"=22; age range=12-18 years) had their blood drawn, and they completed 2 psychological tests (depression and general distress/posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]). A pediatrician completed a sexual abuse questionnaire after reviewing law enforcement and Child Protective Services reports and conducting forensic interviews and medical examinations. Results: Girls' average free T[4], total T[4], free T[3], total T[3], and TSH levels were within age-specific laboratory reference range limits, as were most individual concentrations. The strongest correlations (p less than 0.05) were between free T[3] and PTSD total score (-0.50), PTSD--avoidance/numbing (-0.049), and general distress (-0.48); and between total T[3] and depression (-0.46), general distress (-0.45), and PTSD--arousal (-0.44). Conclusions: Our findings support one of the two contemporary models of the relationships between thyroid hormones (i.e., free and total T[3]) and psychological symptoms (i.e., depression, general distress, and PTSD)--one of "shutting down" (vs. "activation") in the face of trauma. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10