The dexamethasone suppression test in newly hospitalized schizophrenic patients



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Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:127-129
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association

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The dexamethasone suppression test in newly hospitalized schizophrenic patients

MI Herz, GA Fava, G Molnar and L Edwards

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.

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