Modai I, Rinsky H, Cygielman G
J Clin Psychiatry. 1986 Mar;47(3):139-40.
Plasma cortisol levels of 41 patients suffering from major depressive episodes were measured at 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. one day after administration of 1 mg dexamethasone at 10 p.m. Comparison of cortisol results to clinical improvement measured by the Beck Depression Inventory before and after 5 weeks of treatment with either ECT, chlorimipramine, amitriptyline, or phenelzine showed no difference between nonsuppressors and suppressors in relation to clinical improvement. Clinical prediction of the outcome of acute response to these treatments using an initial DST does not seem feasible.
在晚上10点给予1毫克地塞米松一天后的下午4点和晚上10点，测量了41名患有重度抑郁发作患者的血浆皮质醇水平。将皮质醇结果与使用电休克疗法（ECT）、氯米帕明、阿米替林或苯乙肼治疗5周前后通过贝克抑郁量表测量的临床改善情况进行比较，结果显示，非抑制者和抑制者在临床改善方面没有差异。使用初始地塞米松抑制试验（DST）对这些治疗的急性反应结果进行临床预测似乎不可行。
