Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction (HPA) has been reported in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders but findings are inconsistent and few studies have conducted direct comparaisons of HPA biomarkers in drug native patients. We aimed to assess serum and salivary cortisol in the morning in drug-naive schizophrenic patients compared to controls.Methods: This was a cross-sectional case-control study conducted between Ju...