Journal article
The dexamethasone suppression test and familial subtypes of depression--a naturalistic replication
Biological psychiatry (1969), Vol.17(1), pp.33-40
01/1982
PMID: 7059637
Abstract
The authors used a naturalistic design to replicate studies which validated the familial subtyping of primary depression. Ninety-three inpatients with unipolar depression had received the DST within 1 week of admission and were free of confounding medical problems. A blind rater assigned diagnoses based on chart material recorded before DST results were known. The results supported the earlier conclusions of Schlesser et al. With 8 AM sampling, 53% of familial pure depressive disease patients and 14% of depression spectrum disease patients were nonsuppressors. Differences, though smaller, remained significant with multiple sampling. Only 1 of 24 patients with secondary depression had an abnormal DST. Patterns of nonsuppression among patients with psychotic features resembled those of the larger group.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The dexamethasone suppression test and familial subtypes of depression--a naturalistic replication
- Creators
- W CoryellG GaffneyP E Burkhardt
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Biological psychiatry (1969), Vol.17(1), pp.33-40
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 7059637
- ISSN
- 0006-3223
- eISSN
- 1873-2402
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1982
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984004092702771
Metrics
16 Record Views