The dexamethasone suppression test in acute grief.
Nineteen recently widowed women and men were given diagnostic interviews, psychometric evaluations, and dexamethasone suppression tests (DSTs). While 58% of the subjects (N = 11) met Research Diagnostic Criteria for depression, only 16% (N = 3) were nonsuppressors on the DST. In this population, nonsuppression was related more to levels of anxiety than to depression.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003863:Depression / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology
D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone