Dexamethasone suppression test in acute grief reaction.
The authors report a study on the response to the dexamethasone suppression test of bereaved first-degree relatives. Of the 21 subjects who took part two were non-suppressors (plasma cortisol greater than 138 mmol/l), but their grief scores were no higher than the suppressors. Both subjects showed a suppressor response 3 months later.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003643:Death; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood
D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone