DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) was performed on twenty five patients satisfying Research Diagnostic Criteria for the diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Abnormal DST responses were seen in twelve (48%) patients. It was observed that the non-suppressor group scored significantly more on...

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Autores principales: Rao, G. Prasad, Kulhara, P., Dash, R.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927233
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description Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) was performed on twenty five patients satisfying Research Diagnostic Criteria for the diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Abnormal DST responses were seen in twelve (48%) patients. It was observed that the non-suppressor group scored significantly more on depression and obsessionality. The implications of the results are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-31724662011-09-16 DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Rao, G. Prasad Kulhara, P. Dash, R.J. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) was performed on twenty five patients satisfying Research Diagnostic Criteria for the diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Abnormal DST responses were seen in twelve (48%) patients. It was observed that the non-suppressor group scored significantly more on depression and obsessionality. The implications of the results are discussed. Medknow Publications 1987 /pmc/articles/PMC3172466/ /pubmed/21927233 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rao, G. Prasad
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DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
title DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
title_full DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
title_fullStr DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
title_full_unstemmed DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
title_short DEXAMENTHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
title_sort dexamenthasone suppression test in obsessive compulsive disorder
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927233
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