Differentiation of depression from chronic pain with the dexamethasone suppression test and DSM-III.
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France, RD; Krishnan, KR; Houpt, JL; Maltbie, AA
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
December 1984
The concept of chronic pain has become enmeshed with depression. In an attempt to unravel this complex relationship, the authors studied a uniform group of 42 patients with chronic pain, i.e., patients who had chronic low back pain with defined organic pathology, in relation to the dexamethasone suppression test (DST). The results were analyzed in relation to the presence or absence of major depression and cortisol suppression. Forty-one percent of the patients with major depression had abnormal cortisol responses to dexamethasone administration; all patients without major depression had normal responses. These results suggest that chronic pain patients differ from patients with major depression and a positive DST.
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Am J Psychiatry
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0002-953X
Publication Date
December 1984
Volume
141
Issue
12
Start / End Page
1577 / 1579
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Psychophysiologic Disorders
- Psychiatry
- Middle Aged
- Manuals as Topic
- Male
- Hydrocortisone
- Humans
- Female
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dexamethasone
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France, R. D., Krishnan, K. R., Houpt, J. L., & Maltbie, A. A. (1984). Differentiation of depression from chronic pain with the dexamethasone suppression test and DSM-III. Am J Psychiatry, 141(12), 1577–1579. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.12.1577
France, R. D., K. R. Krishnan, J. L. Houpt, and A. A. Maltbie. “Differentiation of depression from chronic pain with the dexamethasone suppression test and DSM-III.” Am J Psychiatry 141, no. 12 (December 1984): 1577–79. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.12.1577.
France RD, Krishnan KR, Houpt JL, Maltbie AA. Differentiation of depression from chronic pain with the dexamethasone suppression test and DSM-III. Am J Psychiatry. 1984 Dec;141(12):1577–9.
France, R. D., et al. “Differentiation of depression from chronic pain with the dexamethasone suppression test and DSM-III.” Am J Psychiatry, vol. 141, no. 12, Dec. 1984, pp. 1577–79. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.141.12.1577.
France RD, Krishnan KR, Houpt JL, Maltbie AA. Differentiation of depression from chronic pain with the dexamethasone suppression test and DSM-III. Am J Psychiatry. 1984 Dec;141(12):1577–1579.
Published In
Am J Psychiatry
DOI
ISSN
0002-953X
Publication Date
December 1984
Volume
141
Issue
12
Start / End Page
1577 / 1579
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Psychophysiologic Disorders
- Psychiatry
- Middle Aged
- Manuals as Topic
- Male
- Hydrocortisone
- Humans
- Female
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dexamethasone