Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis function in female adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury and its association with comorbid borderline personality disorder and depression.

Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
Elisa FlachMichael Kaess

Abstract

Behavioral disturbances in adolescence are potentially linked to aberrant functioning of the thyroid gland. Accordingly, alterations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis might impact psychopathological development. Yet corresponding research in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and comorbid mental disorders is scarce. The present study examined HPT axis functioning in adolescents with NSSI compared to healthy controls (HC) using blood-based assays of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), free thyroxine (fT4), and the ratio of these hormones (fT3/fT4 ratio). Cortisol was additionally examined to contrast HPT axis functioning with a well-established biomarker of stress responsivity. Moreover, associations between clinical characteristics, HPT axis and HPA axis functioning were investigated. Female adolescents meeting NSSI criteria according to DSM-5 criteria (n = 117) were compared to adolescent HC (n = 41). Standardized serum-based endocrinological assays and interview- and questionnaire-based psychiatric assessments were used. Smoking status was included as covariate for all analyses. NSSI patients displayed altered HPT axis functioning as fT3/fT4 ratio values were blunted in ...Continue Reading

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