The Relationship Between Depression and the Dexamethasone Suppression Test Following Alcohol Withdrawal in a Psychiatric Population

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 343???349 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRIAN JOHNSON ◽  
J. CHRISTOPHER PERRY
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Withdrawal ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Psychiatric Population ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Are depression and denutrition good predictors of dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in anorexia nervosa?

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Massoubre ◽  
F Lang ◽  
L Millot ◽  
M Pichon ◽  
B Estour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Serum Cortisol ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Stepwise Logistic Regression ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Depression Scales ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

SummaryThis study was conducted to investigate the corticotropic axis in anorexia nervosa. In 93 female inpatients who met DSM-III-R criteria for anorexia nervosa, subsample (n = 64) with DSM-III criteria was also considered. Using stepwise regression analysis, this study examined the relationship between independent variables ie, age, body mass index, scores on depression scales and postdexamethasone serum cortisol, considered as a dependent variable. In patients who met DSM-III criteria, 16.7% of the variance of serum cortisol can be explained. The main predictors are depressive retardation, emaciation and age. Using stepwise logistic regression the main categorical predictors of the test suppression vs non suppression are of the same nature. The condition of realisation of DST are discussed.

An American Validation Study of the Newcastle Diagnostic Scale: I. Relationship with the Dexamethasone Suppression Test

1986 ◽  
Vol 149 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zimmerman ◽  
B. Pfohl ◽  
D. Stangl ◽  
W. Coryell
Keyword(s):  
Validation Study ◽  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression ◽  
Diagnostic Index

The Newcastle diagnostic index was completed on 159 depressedin-patients, who received the dexamethasone suppression test during their first week in hospital. Patients suffering from endogenous depression had a significantly higher rate of DST non-suppression, were older, were more frequently psychotic, and more frequently lost weight; even after con trolling for these variables, DST non-suppression was significantly more frequent in the endogenous group. The relationship between Newcastle scores and the frequency of DST non-suppression was non-linear.

Relationship Between Dysfunctional Cognitions and Depressive Subtypes

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Norman ◽  
Ivan W. Miller ◽  
Gabor I. Keitner
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Dysfunctional Cognitions ◽  
Dysfunctional Attitude ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Severity Of Depression ◽  
Dysfunctional Attitude Scale ◽  
Depressive Subtypes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

The results of this study suggest that the relationship between cognitions and severity of depression hypothesized by cognitive theorists may be relevant only to a subgroup of depressives. In a sample of 40 inpatients with major depression who received the Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST), scores on the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale were equivalent in suppressor and nonsuppressor groups, as well as in melancholic and nonmelancholic depressive groups. Neither was there a difference between suppressors and nonsuppressor s on measures of depression. However, in the nonmelancholic group, there was a significant relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and severity of depression. This relationship was not found in the melancholic group. Finally, independent of diagnostic and biological subtype, patients with elevated levels of dysfunctional cognitions when compared with the remaining sample revealed greater severity of depression, more days in hospital and more readmissions to hospital.

scholarly journals Life Events, Depression and Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Function

1985 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Dolan ◽  
S. P. Galloway ◽  
P. Fonagy ◽  
F. V. A. De Souza ◽  
A. Wakeling
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Severity Of Illness ◽  
Urinary Free Cortisol ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal ◽  
Free Cortisol ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression ◽  
Pituitary Adrenal Axis

The relationship between antecedent life events, clinical profile, and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal function was examined in 72 depressed patients. Antecedent life events were associated with first episodes of depression and with greater severity of illness, but their presence did not distinguish between patients diagnosed as endogenous or neurotic, and status on the dexamethasone suppression test was not associated with a greater or lesser likelihood of antecedent events. However, urinary free Cortisol levels were higher in those patients with life events and difficulties.

Dexamethasone suppression test in alcohol withdrawal: relationship to depression and liver function

1992 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Balldin ◽  
Ulf Berggren ◽  
Katarina Bokström ◽  
Göran Lindstedt ◽  
Johan Sjöberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Function ◽  
Alcohol Withdrawal ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Abstract #130 Diagnostic Accuracy of Dexamethasone Suppression Test: Additive Value of Free Cortisol and Dexamethasone Measurements

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Ravinder Jeet Kaur ◽  
Shobana Athimulam ◽  
Molly Van Norman ◽  
Melinda Thomas ◽  
Stefan K. Grebe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Free Cortisol ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression
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