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  • Title: The dexamethasone suppression test in patients with bulimia.
    Author: Mitchell JE, Pyle RL, Hatsukami D, Boutacoff LI.
    Journal: J Clin Psychiatry; 1984 Dec; 45(12):508-11. PubMed ID: 6594328.
    Abstract:
    In a series of 28 patients with bulimia who did not meet weight criteria for anorexia nervosa, 14 (50%) failed to suppress on the dexamethasone suppression test. Nonsuppression was not associated with degree of depression, body weight, or severity of abnormal eating-related behaviors. However, nonsuppression was associated with a higher rate of treatment for affective disorders in first-degree family members. The utility of the DST as a biologic marker for affective disorder in patients with bulimia is questioned, although a substantial level of depressive symptomatology was documented in patients with bulimia.
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