Dexamethasone suppression test and Axis I diagnoses of inpatients with DSM-III borderline personality disorder.
To determine the relationship of Axis I diagnoses to the DSM-III diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, 100 consecutive admissions to an inpatient service were studied. Of the 27 patients labeled borderline, 14 were given an Axis I diagnosis of major depression (unipolar) compared with 8 of 73 nonborderlines; 73% (19 of 26) of all borderlines tested but only 46% (18 of 39) of nonborderlines had a positive DST (p less than .05). Few borderline patients received concomitant nonaffective diagnoses, and even fewer were given bipolar or schizoaffective diagnoses.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology
D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone