A study of cortisol level as a biological marker in disruptive aggressive behaviour in adolescence
Samy, V., El-Hamady, M., El Bakry, S., El-Shimi, O., Abd-ElAziz, A. (2024). A study of cortisol level as a biological marker in disruptive aggressive behaviour in adolescence. EKB Journal Management System, 41(2), 14-21. doi: 10.21608/bmfj.2023.194857.1762
Victor Samy; Mohamed Mostafa Atef El-Hamady; Shewikar Tawfik El Bakry; Ola Samir El-Shimi; Amira Zaky Abd-ElAziz. "A study of cortisol level as a biological marker in disruptive aggressive behaviour in adolescence". EKB Journal Management System, 41, 2, 2024, 14-21. doi: 10.21608/bmfj.2023.194857.1762
Samy, V., El-Hamady, M., El Bakry, S., El-Shimi, O., Abd-ElAziz, A. (2024). 'A study of cortisol level as a biological marker in disruptive aggressive behaviour in adolescence', EKB Journal Management System, 41(2), pp. 14-21. doi: 10.21608/bmfj.2023.194857.1762
Samy, V., El-Hamady, M., El Bakry, S., El-Shimi, O., Abd-ElAziz, A. A study of cortisol level as a biological marker in disruptive aggressive behaviour in adolescence. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 41(2): 14-21. doi: 10.21608/bmfj.2023.194857.1762

A study of cortisol level as a biological marker in disruptive aggressive behaviour in adolescence

Benha Medical Journal
Article 2, Volume 41, Issue 2, May and June 2024, Page 14-21  XML PDF (726.69 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/bmfj.2023.194857.1762
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Authors
Victor Samy1; Mohamed Mostafa Atef El-Hamady2; Shewikar Tawfik El Bakryorcid 3; Ola Samir El-Shimi4; Amira Zaky Abd-ElAziz email 5
1Departmentof Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine - Banha University
2Department of Neurophsychiatry faculty of Medicine-Benha University
3Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine-Benha University
4Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology Faculty of Medicine - Banha
5Department of Neuropsychiatry Faculty of Medicine - Banha University
Abstract
Abstract
Background: Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier and end later. Aggression is a behavior whose primary or sole purpose or function is to injure physically or psychologically. Aim and objectives: To demonstrate that high cortisol level in relation with the comorbidity of substance abuse and the duration of abuse in the conduct group. Patients and methods: This study was conducted on 50 aggressive patients with disruptive aggressive behaviors, attending the adolescent outpatient clinic at Alabbassia Mental hospital, who in turn divided into two groups one of conduct disorder and the other of Oppositional Defiant disorder and 25 resembling the control group during the period from March 2019 to February 2020. Results: Patients with conduct disorder showed statistically significant difference between the cortisol level and the comorbidity of substance abuse and the duration of abuse (by years) (P
Keywords
Adolescence; Aggression; Cortisol
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