title: Baseline neuroendocrine function and diagnostic stability among patients with a nonmanic psychosis.
abstract: Psychotic patients underwent a dexamethasone suppression test (DST), careful diagnostic assessments at baseline and diagnostic reevaluations after 1 year. The predicted associations between baseline DST results and diagnosis were much clearer after prospective observation.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Coryell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winokur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cadoret
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone