Citation

Coryell W. J. Affect. Disord. 1990; 19(3): 163-169.

Affiliation

University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City 52242.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2145336

Abstract

Seventy-six inpatients with major depression received a 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and began a semi-annual follow-up lasting 5 years. The 20 subjects with abnormal baseline DST results were significantly more likely to make psychologically serious suicide attempts during follow-up though baseline suppressors were as likely as non-suppressors to make non-serious attempts. Patients who were non-suppressors at the beginning of follow-up were also more likely to develop'mania or hypomania, whether or not they had a bipolar diagnosis at intake.

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