Higher perceived stress but lower cortisol levels found among young Greek adults living in a stressful social environment in comparison with Swedish young adults

The worldwide financial crisis during recent years has raised concerns of negative public health effects. This is notably evident in southern Europe. In Greece, where the financial austerity has been especially pronounced, the prevalence of mental health problems including depression and suicide has...

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Published in:	PloS one 2013-09, Vol.8 (9), p.e73828-e73828
Main Authors:	Faresjö, Åshild, Theodorsson, Elvar, Chatziarzenis, Marios, Sapouna, Vasiliki, Claesson, Hans-Peter, Koppner, Jenny, Faresjö, Tomas
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Adults Analysis Anxiety Anxiety - metabolism Bioindicators Biomarkers Chronic fatigue syndrome Comparative studies Corticosteroids Cortisol Cross-Sectional Studies Data collection Depression - metabolism Depression, Mental Disease Economic conditions Economic crisis Exposure Fibromyalgia Greece Hair Hair - chemistry Health aspects Health problems Health sciences Hormones Humans Hydrocortisone - metabolism Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Indicators Infectious diseases Medical research MEDICIN MEDICINE Medicine, Experimental Mental depression Mental disorders Mental health Mental health care Multivariate Analysis Outbreaks Physiology Population Post traumatic stress disorder Psychiatry Public health Quality of life Recessions Regression analysis Social aspects Social environment Social networks Steroids Stress Stress (Psychology) Stress, Psychological - metabolism Stresses Suicide Suicides & suicide attempts Surveys and Questionnaires Sweden Teenagers Urine Young Adult Young adults Youth
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