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Children of bipolar parents: cortisol problems

Posted on September 29, 2012 by bipolarblue

Children of Bipolar Parents Are Overly Sensitive to Stress Hormone Cortisol, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (May 6, 2011) — Children whose mother or father is affected by bipolar disorder may need to keep their stress levels in check. A new international study, led by Concordia University, suggests the stress hormone cortisol is a key player in the mood disorder. The findings published in Psychological Medicine, are the first to show that cortisol is elevated more readily in these children in response to the stressors of normal everyday life.

“Previous research has shown that children of parents with bipolar disorder are four times as likely to develop mood disorders as those from parents without the condition,” says senior author Mark Ellenbogen, Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology at Concordia University and a member of the Centre for Research in Human Development. “The goal of our study was to determine how this is happening.”

Cortisol, the telltale hormone

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