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ERIC Number: EJ474424
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-8017
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The Dexamethasone Suppression Test as an Indication of Depression in Patients with Mental Retardation.
Mattes, Jeffrey A.; Amsell, Loren
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v98 n3 p354-59 Nov 1993
Administration of the Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) for three groups of institutionalized patients with severe/profound mental retardation found that the 12 depressed patients more frequently (though not significantly) had positive DSTs and significantly higher cortisol levels compared with nondepressed patients with and without other problematic behavior. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Biochemistry, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Problems, Institutionalized Persons, Severe Mental Retardation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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