Dexamethasone suppression test in acute grief reaction
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 70 (3) , 278-281
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01209.x
Abstract
The response to the dexamethasone suppression test of bereaved 1st degree relatives was studied. Of the 21 subjects who took part, 2 were nonsuppressors (plasma cortisol > 138 mmol/l) but their grief scores were no higher than the suppressors. Both subjects showed a suppressor response 3 mo. later.Keywords
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