Higher Beck depression scores predict delayed epinephrine recovery after acute psychological stress independent of baseline levels of stress and mood

Stefan M. Gold; Sandra G. Zakowski; Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir; Dana H. Bovbjerg

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2003.12.001

Higher Beck depression scores predict delayed epinephrine recovery after acute psychological stress independent of baseline levels of stress and mood

Stefan M. Gold
, Sandra G. Zakowski
, Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir
, Dana H. Bovbjerg

Department of Psychology

Reykjavik University

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Abstract

Depressive symptoms in the non-clinical range have been linked to increased health risks. Recent theorizing raises the possibility that heightened physiologic responses to acute stress and/or slowed stress recovery in individuals with depressive symptoms may contribute to increased risk. We investigated stress-induced catecholamine responses and recovery patterns using a modified version of the Trier Social Stress Test (15 min) with a sample of 52 healthy women and compared subgroups with high normal versus low scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI, median split) to 29 women randomly assigned to a non-stressed control group. The BDI-high normal and BDI-low groups showed similar acute increases in epinephrine immediately post stressor, but only the BDI-high normal group remained significantly elevated above control group levels during the recovery period. No differences were found in norepinephrine responses. Elevations in BDI scores within the normal range may selectively predict slower physiological recovery following acute stress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-273
Number of pages	13
Journal	Biological Psychology
Volume	67
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2003.12.001
Publication status	Published - Nov 2004

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Funding Information: This investigation was supported in part by grants from the Department of Defense (DAMD J-4139 and J-4164) and the National Cancer Institute (CA72357). The study was also sponsored in part by grant M01RR00047 from the General Clinical Research Centers Program of the Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health. We are required to indicate that the content of the information contained in this report does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the United States Government.

Other keywords

Acute stress response
Allostatic load
Beck Depression Inventory
Catecholamines
Epinephrine
Recovery

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Higher Beck depression scores predict delayed epinephrine recovery after acute psychological stress independent of baseline levels of stress and mood

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