title: The dexamethasone suppression test in newly hospitalized schizophrenic patients.
abstract: Of 15 unmedicated chronic schizophrenic patients with acute exacerbations and 15 healthy controls given the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), 11 patients and two controls were nonsuppressors. The results add to the evidence that the DST has limited value in psychiatric diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone