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Psychosomatic Medicine 31:553-564 (1969)
© 1969 American Psychosomatic Society

Adrenal Cortical Activity Changes During Underwater Demolition Team Training

LCDR ROBERT RUBIN MC, USNR 1, LCDR RICHARD RAHE MC, USNR 1, CAPT RANSOM ARTHUR MC, USN 1, and BRIAN R. CLARK AB1

1 Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit San Diego, Calif 92152Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, Calif 90024

One-third of a Navy UDT class (32 men) was followed by thrice-weekly psychological assessment and measurement of serum cortisol until they dropped from training or graduated. Mean cortisol values for the 20 men who completed the course ranged between 20 and 26 µg%. Against this background of chronically elevated levels, transient increases in serum cortisol occurred coincident with the introduction of new equipment (face mask, swim fins, SCUBA, weaponry) and with the beginning of new tasks (helicopter maneuvers, night problems, long compass swims). The UDT training program thus appears to be a chronic stress of considerable magnitude, and is one of unique characteristics among military situations.

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