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KMID : 0368819920310010068
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Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatr Association
1992 Volume.31 No. 1 p.68 ~ p.74
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Thyroid Function
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to investigate the thyroid function of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Subjects consisted of 30 PTSD patients and 23 control patients who visited the department of psychiatry of Korean Veterans Hospital from
March
1. 1991 to June 30. 1991. Control consisted of patients with somatization disorder(8 cases). sleep disorder(9 cases) or personality disorder(6 cases).
Authors studied the relationship between PTSD and thyroid function by measuring serum triiodothyronine(T3), thyroxine(T4), free thyroxine(FT4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)compared it with the data from control patients who also had had
combat
experiences. And we studied the correlation between thyroid function and Hamilton's anxiety(HAS) and depression(HDS) scales.
@ES The results were as following:
@EN 1) The serum level of T3 of the PTSD group were significantly higher than that of the control group(p<0.05).
2) The serum levels of T4, FT4 and TSH of the PTSD group were slightly higher than those of the control group with no statistical significance.
3) Total scores of HAS and HDS were moderately correlated with the value of T3, but they were not significantly correlated with the value of T4, FT4, and TSH.
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