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The Tail Suspension Test
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Results of the dexamethasone suppression test in psychiatric patients with and without weight loss
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|February 1, 1985
Abstract:
Rates of nonsuppression on the dexamethasone suppression test were compared in 32 psychiatric inpatients with reported weight loss and 32 psychiatric inpatients without weight loss who were matched for age, sex, and diagnosis. There was no significant difference in rate of nonsuppression.
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