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  • Title: The DST and its relationship to psychiatric diagnosis, symptoms and treatment outcome.
    Author: Klein HE, Bender W, Mayr H, Niederschweiberer A, Schmauss M.
    Journal: Br J Psychiatry; 1984 Dec; 145():591-9. PubMed ID: 6509268.
    Abstract:
    The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was administered shortly after admission to 102 consecutive in-patients with a Hamilton depression score greater than or equal to 16. Post-dexamethasone cortisol exceeded 6 micrograms/dl in 16 cases, and levels correlated significantly with Hamilton scores; with the AMP syndromes 'hypochondria', 'apathy' and 'catatonia'; and with the IMPS 'retarded depressive' syndrome. The criterion of suppression/non-suppression did not distinguish significantly between diagnostic categories (RDC or ICD), nor between endogenous and neurotic depression. (Newcastle scale). Both base-line and post-dexamethasone cortisol levels were reduced by prior treatment with minor tranquillisers, but not by major tranquillisers or antidepressants. DST results cannot be used as straightforward indicators of prognosis.
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