Salivary cortisol response to psychosocial stress in patients with first-episode psychosis.

Aim: To analyze the difference in the salivary cortisol response to psychosocial stress between the patients with the first episode of psychosis (FEP) and the control group.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline measurements of a prospective cohort study conducted from 2015 to 2018 at two Croatian psychiatric hospitals. The study consecutively enrolled 53 patients diagnosed with FEP and 63 healthy controls.