The pitfalls of the dexamethasone suppression test: A biological marker of endogenous depression?

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Klein ◽  
M. Berger
Keyword(s):  
Biological Marker ◽  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Use of the Dexamethasone Suppression Test on a Combined Medicine-Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Nelson ◽  
William W. Orr ◽  
Carl R. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatient ◽  
Biological Marker ◽  
Hospital Management ◽  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Inpatient Unit ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatient Unit ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) appears to be a sensitive and specific biological marker for endogenous depression that can have important diagnostic and treatment implications. The authors present three case studies of patients treated on a combined medicine-psychiatric inpatient unit, and who presented with complex psychobiological illnesses. They discuss the usefulness of the DST in the hospital management of these patients from a diagnostic and treatment perspective.

Ventricular size, the dexamethasone suppression test and outcome of severe endogenous depression following psychosurgery

1985 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. A. S. Standish-Barry ◽  
A. S. Hale ◽  
A. Honig ◽  
N. Bouras ◽  
P. K. Bridges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Ventricular Size ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Dexamethasone suppression test and TRH test in endogenous depression

1983 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Aggernses ◽  
C. Kirkegaard ◽  
I. Krog-Meyer ◽  
B. Kijne ◽  
J. K. Larsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Trh Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Study of the diagnostic value of the dexamethasone suppression test in endogenous depression

1984 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Toscano Aguilar ◽  
M. Lemaire ◽  
P. Castro ◽  
M. Libotte ◽  
J. Reynders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Agoraphobia and the Dexamethasone Suppression Test: Atypical Depression?

1984 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Whiteford ◽  
Larry Evans
Keyword(s):  
Tricyclic Antidepressants ◽  
Biological Marker ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Panic Attacks ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Atypical Depression ◽  
Panic Disorders ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

The tricyclic antidepressants and the monoamine oxidase inhibitors have been shown to be effective in the treatment of some patients with phobic and panic disorders. To explain this action it has been suggested that a number of these patients may have an atypical biological depression. In an attempt to test this hypothesis we used the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), which has been proposed as a state dependent biological marker of depression. We compared the non-suppression rate of agoraphobic patients suffering panic attacks with controls and with patients suffering major depression. Twenty-nine per cent of the agoraphobics showed non-suppression compared with 12% of the control group and 64% of the depressives.

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