The Dexamethasone Suppression Test in a General Hospital Psychiatric Setting
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 30 (8) , 614-618
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378503000812
Abstract
The use of the dexamethasone suppression test in a general hospital setting is discussed with a review of some of the literature pertaining to the test. The test was performed on a series of 47 patients where there was a high index of suspicion that depression was present. Of the patients with a final diagnosis of depression, 77% had a nonsuppressive DST. There were no false positives. Bipolar depressed patients were more likely to be nonsuppressors than unipolar patients.Keywords
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