基于地塞米松抑制试验选择抗抑郁药。

Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Jun;140(6):786-7. doi: 10.1176/ajp.140.6.786.

This retrospective analysis of patients with major depressive disorder correlated response to the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) with clinical response to antidepressants. Nonsuppression on the DST predicted good response to noradrenergic drugs; suppression predicted good response to serotonergic drugs.

这项对重度抑郁症患者的回顾性分析，将地塞米松抑制试验（DST）的反应与抗抑郁药的临床反应进行了关联。DST结果为不抑制预示着对去甲肾上腺素能药物反应良好；结果为抑制则预示着对血清素能药物反应良好。