Journal of Psychiatry

Nagwa Meguid

Publications

• Research Article
  Salivary Cortisol Levels in Abused Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  Author(s): Nagwa Meguid, Mona Reda, Mona El sheikh, Mona Anwar, Khalid Taman and Fatma HusseinNagwa Meguid, Mona Reda, Mona El sheikh, Mona Anwar, Khalid Taman and Fatma Hussein
  
  Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder during childhood. Family violence is a psychosocial factor that has been recently introduced in the literature about ADHD, with indications that parents of hyperactive children are more likely to use physical methods to their discipline. Cortisol as the primary stress hormone and as an index of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation has been used to study the neurobiological profile of ADHD patients. Methods: This study was conducted on 50 ADHD children & 30 matched controls, severity was assessed using the Conners’ Parent Rating Scales-Revised long version, children IQ and exposure to abuse was measured; salivary cortisol levels was measured using enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay in two.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000348

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