Prospective prediction of major depressive disorder from cortisol awakening responses in adolescence

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Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2010 Jan 15;35(6):921–931. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.12.007

Figure 2. Baseline diurnal cortisol profiles of participants who do (dashed lines) and do not (solid line) go on to develop an episode of MDD over the following year, differentiating between initial onsets of MDD (dark dashed line) and recurrences (light dashed line).