Prospective associations of cortisol dynamics and daily stress with depression, generalized anxiety, and panic disorder symptoms.
BACKGROUND Flatter diurnal cortisol decline indicates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation and has been longitudinally related to major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder (PD) symptoms. However, given high heterogeneity in the relationship between diurna...