title: Dexamethasone suppression test and primary obsessional compulsive disorder.
abstract: This report explores the role played by DSM-III Major Depression in the Nonsuppressor status of a sample of 29 subjects suffering from DSM-III Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Five subjects were found to be Nonsuppressors. Further analysis showed that it is likely that Nonsuppressor status depended upon the concomitant presence of Major Depression rather than upon the OCD itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clinico Provincial, School of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallejo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olivares
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marcos
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martínez-Osaba
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ribera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bulbena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011581:Psychological Tests
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone