Elevated allostatic load in individuals presenting at psychiatric emergency services

Individuals requiring psychiatric emergency services are often highly distressed and intoxicated. To provide an objective and comprehensive measure of their stress-related physiological dysregulations, we indexed allostatic load with 14 biomarkers collected within 24  h of patients' admission to the largest psychiatric hospital in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research