The Dexamethasone Suppression Test and Prediction of Outcome in Patients Receiving ECT

British Journal of Psychiatry - Tập 150 Số 3 - Trang 315-318 - 1987
Cornelius Katona1, Cara Aldridge2, Martin Roth3, James A. Hyde4
1The Middlesex Hospital Medical School and University College London, Wolfson Building, The Middlesex Hospital, London W1N8AA
2Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton BN2 3EW
3University of Cambridge Clinical School, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge
4Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge CB1 5EF

Tóm tắt

Twenty-six in-patients satisfying DSM-III criteria for major depressive episode were assessed using the Newcastle Diagnostic and ECT Predictor Scales and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), prior to commencing a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The Newcastle ECT Predictor Scale was successful in predicting both immediate outcome and outcome over the 6 months following ECT; the DST was unsuccessful in predicting either immediate or 6-month outcome.

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British Journal of Psychiatry

Tập 150 Số 3

315-318

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