Prediction of Medium-Term Outcome by Cortisol Response to the Combined Dexamethasone-CRH Test in Patients With Remitted Depression

OBJECTIVE: Current hypotheses hold that mechanisms underlying abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) function are causal factors in the precipitation of depression. If this is the case, then normalization of initially disturbed HPA regulation should indicate a good prognosis and persis...

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Published in:	The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 156; no. 6; pp. 949 - 951
Main Authors:	Zobel, Astrid W., Yassouridis, Alexander, Frieboes, Ralf-Michael, Holsboer, Florian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01-06-1999 American Psychiatric Association
Subjects:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Depressive Disorder - blood Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Dexamethasone Female Humans Hydrocortisone - blood Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neuropharmacology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Prognosis Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease) Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopharmacology Recurrence Mood disorder Human Hypothalamohypophysoadrenal axis Steroid hormone Psychotropic Treatment efficiency Peptide hormone Corticotropin releasing factor Prediction Biological marker Depression Hydrocortisone Glucocorticoid Hypothalamic hormone Dexamethasone test Chemotherapy Adrenal hormone Antidepressant agent Hormone releasing factor
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