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This paper summarizes the salivary cortisol levels and the cortisol response to dexamethsone. Trauma survivors with PTSD have been shown to have lower basal corisol levels in the urine, plasma, and saliva than in trauma survivors without PTSD. Its point is to find out whether symptom improvement following a traumatic focused treatment would change corisol levels in a person's body. The cortisol levels are associated to chronic PTSD, with multiple trauma events. One of the subjects used