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  • Title: Preliminary report on the dexamethasone suppression test for psychiatrically disturbed adolescents.
    Author: Crumley FE, Clevenger J, Steinfink D, Oldham D.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1982 Aug; 139(8):1062-4. PubMed ID: 7091435.
    Abstract:
    Of 100 adolescents who showed evidence of a depressive disorder and were given the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), 42% had abnormal results. Several had mixed or contradictory symptoms and the DST helped in diagnosis of an affective disorder and in treatment planning.
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