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Dexamethasone suppression test in acute grief reaction
Author(s) -
Das M.,
Berrios G. E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01209.x
Subject(s) - grief , dexamethasone suppression test , dexamethasone , psychology , test (biology) , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , biology , paleontology
– The authors report a study on the response to the dexamethasone suppression test of bereaved first‐degree relatives. Of the 21 subjects who took part two were non‐suppressors (plasma cortisol > 138 mmol/1), but their grief scores were no higher than the suppressors. Both subjects showed a suppressor response 3 months later.