Normalisation of the Dexamethasone Suppression Test: A Correlate of Clinical Improvement in Primary Depressives

Thirty-six patients with a primary depressive illness, admitted consecutively to hospital, were studied. All patients had a pre-treatment DST, followed by weekly DSTs during a six-week treatment period. Three categories of DST response were identified, on the basis of the serial DSTs. All three grou... View More