The Dexamethasone Suppression Test and Prediction of Outcome in Patients Receiving ECT
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 150 (3) , 315-318
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.150.3.315
Abstract
Twenty-six in-patients satisfying DSM-III criteria for major depressive episode were assessed using the Newcastle Diagnostic and ECT Predictor Scales and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), prior to commencing a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The Newcastle ECT Predictor Scale was successful in predicting both immediate outcome and outcome over the 6 months following ECT; the DST was unsuccessful in predicting either immediate or 6-month outcome.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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