Dexamethasone suppression test and depressive symptoms in schizophrenics and endogenous depressed patients.
Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) was given to 30 depressed and 30 schizophrenic patients. 10 depressed patients (33%) and 6 schizophrenics (20%) showed abnormal DST; the difference was not statistically significant. The DST-positive and DST-negative patients did not differ significantly in the total scores on anxiety-depression factor of the BPRS, either in the group of depressed patients or in schizophrenics.
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*
D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone