Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:116-118
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Cognitive function and the dexamethasone suppression test in depression

ED Caine, BI Yerevanian and KA Bamford

Twenty patients with major depressive disorder defined by the Research Diagnostic Criteria were given a range of neuropsychological tests and evaluated with the dexamethasone suppression test (DST). No correlation was found between results on the DST and cognitive impairment.

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