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Ventricular size, the dexamethasone suppression test and outcome of severe endogenous depression following psychosurgery
Author(s) -
StandishBarry H. M. A. S.,
Hale A. S.,
Honig A.,
Bouras N.,
Bridges P. K.,
Bartlett J. R.
Publication year - 1985
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.1600-0447.1985.tb02590.x
Subject(s) - psychosurgery , depression (economics) , dexamethasone suppression test , endogenous depression , psychology , dexamethasone , medicine , endogeny , psychiatry , clinical psychology , keynesian economics , economics
– To assess the possible significance of cerebral ventricular size and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in the outcome of severe endogenous depression, 28 patients were followed up and reviewed 1 year after stereotactic subcaudate tractotomy. Neither ventricular size nor the dexamethasone suppression test predicted either a good or poor outcome. There was no relationship between ventricular size and the DST results.