Abnormal cortisol suppression in bipolar patients with simultaneous manic and depressive symptoms
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (2) , 203-205
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.2.203
Abstract
The authors studied the cortisol response to 1 mg of dexamethasone in 10 patients who simultaneously manifested manic and depressive symptoms. All patients showed some evidence that normal cortisol suppression was lacking. When 3 patients were randomly retested after recovery, the results suggested the normalization of suppression.Keywords
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